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LL/54202
Unidentified photographer
Cat by Window
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., 2005.27.77
 
LL/54202

1 of 73
LL/74414
Unidentified photographer
Blind man holding a cat
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
6 x 4.6 cm (image)
 
George Eastman Museum
Purchase, 1969.0201.0012
 
LL/74414

2 of 73
LL/36686
Antoine Claudet
Stuffed Cats. - from Wirtemburg. - From a Daguerreotype by Claudet
1851, 26 July
Magazine illustration
 
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Copyright: Illustrated London News Ltd. All rights reserved, Gale Document Number: HN3100028628
 
LL/36686 [Further details available]

4 of 73
LL/40550
Calvert Richard Jones
[Sleeping Cat]
1850-1855
Salted paper print from glass negative
8.1 x 10.2 cm (3 3/16 x 4 ins)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.4
 
LL/40550

5 of 73
LL/40319
Charles Marville
Le Chat Momifié (trouvé dans les fouilles de Saint-Germain-en-Laye) [The Mummified Cat (Found in the Excavations of Saint-Germain-en-Laye)]
1862 (ca)
Albumen silver print, from glass negative
29.2 x 28.6 cm (11 1/2 x 11 1/4 ins)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.205
 
LL/40319

6 of 73
LL/33871
J. Hennequin (Amsterdam, Holland)
Two ladies with cats
1890 (ca)
 
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
Courtesy of Jan Weijers
 
LL/33871

7 of 73
LL/67885
Aristide & Co (Paris)
Stuffed cat with the remains of a meal
1870s (?)
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Hector Meinhof
 
LL/67885

8 of 73
LL/62919
H. Pointer
The Attentive Pupil
1865 (ca)
Carte de visite
8.7 x 6.2 cm (3 7/16 x 2 7/16 ins)
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object number: 84.XC.873.5915
 
LL/62919 [Further details available]

9 of 73
LL/75597
Art Photo & View Co. (Skaneateles, NY)
Cat watching bird in cage
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
14.4 x 9.8 cm (image) 16.3 x 10.7 cm (mount)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2003.1171.0004
 
LL/75597

10 of 73
LL/112646
H. Pointer
Cat on a stool "playing" a violin
1872, March
Carte de visite
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object number: 84.XD.1157.2107
 
LL/112646 [Further details available]

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LL/81683
Unidentified artist
Ha - Ha - Ha I've eaten the Canary.
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
 
LL/81683

12 of 73
LL/6800
The Cat that ate the Canary
1867 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Virginia Military Institute
© Virginia Military Institute (from: Gaylord B. Clark, New Market Cadet, Photograph Album, 1866-1867)
 
LL/6800

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LL/37670
Prestel (Porte St Denis, Paris)
A monkey in tails and a cat in a dress
1860 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
19th century photography
 
LL/37670 [Further details available]

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LL/105039
Unidentified photographer
A stuffed cat
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Laure Deratte
 
LL/105039

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LL/11304
[A tabby cat]
n.d.
Stereocard
 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#13 / 392)
 
LL/11304

16 of 73
LL/55079
P.C. Weston (Bangor, Maine)
A cat
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Richard Hart
 
LL/55079

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LL/88669
Unidentified photographer
A young woman with her cat
n.d.
Tintype, hand-tinted
 
Bazar Nadar / Wouter Lambrechts
 
LL/88669

19 of 73
LL/75302
Ottomar Anschütz
Cat next to bird cage
1886
Albumen print
14.5 x 19.4 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1985.1584.0006
 
LL/75302

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LL/75303
Ottomar Anschütz
Cat standing next to mouse in cage
1886
Albumen print
14.2 x 19.4 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1985.1584.0007
 
LL/75303

21 of 73
LL/85301
Ottomar Anschütz
Cat with mousetrap
1886
Albumen print
14.4 x 18.7 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
5 December 2018, Photography, Auction: 112, Lot: 4005
 
LL/85301

22 of 73
LL/121654
Unidentified photographer
Two cats, a ladder and a photographer
1910 (ca)
Citrate print, Snapshot
10.5 x 7.8 cm
 
Bazar Nadar / Wouter Lambrechts
 
LL/121654

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LL/119436
Unidentified photographer
A cat and a bottle
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
 
LL/119436

24 of 73
LL/97546
Thomas Eakins
Cat in Eakins's Yard
1880-1890 (ca)
Platinum print, on paper
4 3/4 x 2 5/8 ins (12.1 x 6.7 cm)
 
Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966, Accession Number: 83.66
 
LL/97546

25 of 73
LL/71574
Frank Eugene
The Cat
[Camera Work, no. 48, pl. 01]
1910 (photogravure)
Photogravure
8 3/4 × 6 13/16 ins (22.3 × 17.3 cm) (image) 11 1/8 × 7 7/16 ins (28.2 × 18.9 cm) (sheet)
 
Philadelphia Museum of Art
From the Collection of Dorothy Norman, 1973, Accession Number: 1973-267-152
 
LL/71574

26 of 73
LL/39456
Unidentified photographer
The ship's cats, HMS 'Hawkins'
1919-1921
Gelatin silver print
 
National Maritime Museum
Reproduction ID: D3191
 
LL/39456

27 of 73
LL/20806
Unknown (USA)
Killer Dog vs. Cat
[Accidental Mysteries]
1935 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
14 x 11 in (frame)
 
Private collection of John Foster
 
LL/20806 [Further details available]

28 of 73
LL/103757
Unidentified photographer
Boy with a cat, janitor with a broom, gardener with a watering can and watchman with a lantern and a beater [Russia]
Early 20th century
Photograph
 
Private collection of Sergey Maximishin
 
LL/103757

29 of 73
LL/115385
Bruce Davidson
Mining Town, USA
1957
Gelatin silver print
22.5 x 33.9 cm
 
Ostlicht - Gallery for Photography
24th OstLicht Photo Auction – 19.11.2021, Lot: 67
 
LL/115385

30 of 73
LL/37930
Imogen Cunningham
Edward Weston, Photographer, with his Cats
1945 (taken) 1970s (print)
Gelatin silver print
7 1/4 x 6 3/4 ins
 
Howard Greenberg Gallery
Inventory no: 0041786
 
LL/37930 [Further details available]

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LL/73999
Edward Weston
Johnny
1944
Gelatin silver print
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 ins (19.1 x 24.1 cm)
 
Sotheby's - New York
Sale: NO9640, Photographs, 5 April 2017, Lot: 25
 
LL/73999

32 of 73
LL/12712
Gertrude Käsebier
Mina Turner with Cat
1910 (ca)
Platinum print
8 x 6 in
 
Lee Gallery
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (X1164)
 
LL/12712

33 of 73
LL/39487
Unidentified photographer
Woman with cats
1912 (ca)
Real photo postcard
3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in (approx.)
 
Private collection of B. Nelson
 
LL/39487 [Further details available]

34 of 73
LL/112470
Leland Huseth (1918-1979. Artist, Minnesota)
Self portrait of Leland Huseth with cat pulling trigger release with string.
1940s
Gelatin silver print, snapshot
 
Private collection of John Rodden
 
LL/112470

35 of 73
LL/87170
André Kertész
Mrs. Edwin Rosskam with her cats
1927
Silver print, on carte-postale paper
2 7/8 x 2 3/8 ins (7.4 x 6.1 cm) (image)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
21 February 2019, Photographs: Art & Visual Culture, Auction: 2499, Lot: 55
 
LL/87170

36 of 73
LL/94362
André Kertész
Cat, Paris
1926 (taken) 1970s (print)
Gelatin silver print
9 5/8 x 7 3/4 ins (24.4 x 19.7 cm) (image)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
17 October 2019, Classic & Contemporary Photographs, Sale: 2520, Lot: 188
 
LL/94362

37 of 73
LL/48285
Moriyama Daidõ
Shinjuku
2001-2002 (taken)
Gelatin silver print
33.5 x 23.5cm (13 1/8 x 9 1/4in)
 
Bloomsbury Auctions - London
Photographs, 22 May 2012, Lot: 228
 
LL/48285

38 of 73
LL/78327
Martine Franck
Station de métro "Tuileries", Paris
1977
Gelatin silver print
44 x 29 cm (image)
 
Millon et Associes
Auction, Photographs, 7 November 2017, Lot: 136
 
LL/78327

39 of 73
LL/115059
Brassaď
Le Chat de Grasse
1930s (taken) 1973 (ca, print)
Silver print
11 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. (29.5 x 21.9 cm.)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
21 October 2021, Sale 2583, Lot: 40
 
LL/115059

40 of 73
LL/58096
W. Eugene Smith
The Loft From Inside In.. [Black kitten held in palm of hand.]
1958-1968 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
21.7 x 16.9 cm
 
Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas
Id number: 1986.0134
 
LL/58096

41 of 73
LL/112099
Brassaď
Cat with Phosphorescent Eyes
1936
Gelatin silver print
 
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH)
Museum purchase funded by Alice C. Simkins in memory of William Stewart Simkins, Object Number: 98.8
 
LL/112099

42 of 73
LL/52140
Hannes Kilian (1909-1999)
Cat Nero in the snow
1953
Gelatin silver print
60.8 x 50.9 cm
 
Lempertz - Cologne
Auction 1021, November 26, 2013, Lot: 160
 
LL/52140 [Further details available]

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LL/38240
Unidentified photographer
Simon the Cat, Mascot of HMS Amethyst
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
 
Imperial War Museum North
Ref: HU 43656, © PDSA
 
LL/38240 [Further details available]

44 of 73
LL/77412
Sam Hood
Soldier's goodbye & Bobbie the cat, Sydney
1939-1945 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
 
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
 
LL/77412

45 of 73
LL/72010
Barbara Morgan
Berenice Abbott with Cat
1942 (taken) 1981 (ca, print)
Gelatin silver print
12 1/2 x 17 1/16 ins (31.8 x 43.3 cm) (image) 15 7/8 x 19 15/16 ins (40.3 x 50.6 cm) (sheet)
 
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David C. Ruttenberg, 1987, Accession Number: 1987-104-5, © Barbara Morgan, the Barbara Morgan Archive
 
LL/72010

46 of 73
LL/47728
Barbara Morgan
Berenice Abbott with Cat
1942 (taken) 1980 (print)
 
Private collection of Henri van der Tol
 
LL/47728

47 of 73
LL/42001
Roger Mayne
North Kensington - Children with a Cat
1957
Gelatin silver print
5 1/4 x 7 3/4 ins
 
Chris Beetles
 
LL/42001 [Further details available]

48 of 73
LL/42353
Dr. Hannes Grobe
Mummified cat (Senckenberg Naturmuseum, Frankfurt, Germany)
2010
Digital image
 
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
 
LL/42353

49 of 73
LL/46775
Yuichi Hibi
Dinner
1992 (taken) 2007 (print)
Gelatin silver print
9 x 13 1/2 ins (image) 11 x 14 ins (sheet)
 
L. Parker Stephenson Photographs
 
LL/46775 [Further details available]

50 of 73
LL/72007
László Moholy-Nagy
Untitled (Cat on a Chair)
1925-1931 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
10 15/16 x 8 1/4 ins (27.8 x 21 cm) (image and sheet)
 
Philadelphia Museum of Art
125th Anniversary Acquisition. The Lynne and Harold Honickman Gift of the Julien Levy Collection, 2001, Accession Number: 2001-62-847, © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst
 
LL/72007

52 of 73
LL/56804
Arthur Benda
Untitled [Cat woman]
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Timothy G. Piotrowski
 
LL/56804 [Further details available]

53 of 73
LL/83386
Roger Ballen
Sitting Room
2002 (taken) 2007 (print)
Gelatin silver print, selenium-toned
36.2 x 36.2 cm
 
Lempertz - Cologne
Auction 1109, Photographie, 1 June 2018, Lot: 170
 
LL/83386

54 of 73
LL/122606
Reid (Orangeville)
Old Cat
1900 (ca)
Photograph
 
Private collection of John Quin
 
LL/122606 [Further details available]

55 of 73
LL/122607
Thomas Fall (1833-1900, Baker St., London)
Broken Slumber
1936
Photogravure
 
Private collection of John Quin
 
LL/122607 [Further details available]

56 of 73
LL/122608
Sheila Yeoman
Self portrait of Sheila Yeoman with Binki
n.d.
Cyanotype
 
Private collection of Sheila Yeoman
 
LL/122608

57 of 73
LL/122609
Frank Eugene / Anna Herth
The Cat
1936
Photogravure, on tissue
8 3/4 x 6 7/8 ins.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2014.154
 
LL/122609

58 of 73
LL/122610
Unidentified photographer
Barnesboro, Pennsylvania [Woman holding a cat]
1909, 19 April
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/122610 [Further details available]

59 of 73
LL/122611
Rotary Photo E.C. (UK)
"Nestled in the Moon"
1900s (early)
Postcard, UK
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/122611

60 of 73
LL/122612
Unidentified photographer
Woman holding her kitty
1910 (ca)
Glass negative
 
Private collection of John S. Rochon
 
LL/122612

61 of 73
LL/122613
Unidentified photographer
Wayman Adams is seen here painting a portrait of "Uncle Dave", David Haywood, the long time head butler of the Executive Mansion. Haywood would work for nearly 55 years and serve 14 governors and their families.
1942, 4 December
Photograph
 
North Carolina Museum of History - NCMOH
NCMOH 1969.92.33
 
LL/122613 [Further details available]

62 of 73
LL/122614
Unidentified photographer
This is Governor Broughton's family cat in the Executive Mansion, Raleigh NC
1944, March
Photograph
 
North Carolina Museum of History - NCMOH
NCMOH 1969.92.29
 
LL/122614 [Further details available]

63 of 73
LL/122615
Unidentified photographer
A young boy holding his cat
1920s (ca)
Gelatin silver print, snapshot
 
Private collection of John S. Rochon
 
LL/122615

64 of 73
LL/122616
Unidentified photographer
Cat enjoying the sun
1920s (ca)
Gelatin silver print, snapshot
 
Private collection of John S. Rochon
 
LL/122616

65 of 73
LL/122617
Unidentified photographer
A happy girl with her cat
1920s (ca)
Gelatin silver print, snapshot
 
Private collection of John S. Rochon
 
LL/122617

66 of 73
LL/122618
Unidentified photographer
A child with cat and suitcase
1920s (ca)
Gelatin silver print, snapshot
 
Private collection of John S. Rochon
 
LL/122618

67 of 73
LL/122619
Unidentified photographer
Kitties
1920s (ca)
Gelatin silver print, snapshot
 
Private collection of John S. Rochon
 
LL/122619

68 of 73
LL/122620
Unidentified photographer
Cat on TV
1950s (ca)
Gelatin silver print, snapshot
 
Private collection of John S. Rochon
 
LL/122620

69 of 73
LL/122621
Arthur FitzGerald Cochrane (1888-1967)
Cat
1900-1910 (ca)
Glass negative
 
Private collection of John S. Rochon
 
LL/122621

70 of 73
LL/122622
Arthur FitzGerald Cochrane (1888-1967)
Cat
1900-1910 (ca)
Glass negative
 
Private collection of John S. Rochon
 
LL/122622

71 of 73
LL/122623
Arthur FitzGerald Cochrane (1888-1967)
Cat
1900-1910 (ca)
Glass negative
 
Private collection of John S. Rochon
 
LL/122623

72 of 73
LL/122624
Wm. Notman & Son
Master W. Russell Notman, Montreal, QC
1892
Albumen print
17.8 x 12.7 cm
 
North Carolina Museum of History - NCMOH
Purchase, funds graciously donated by Maclean’s magazine, the Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation and Empire-Universal Films Ltd., Notman Photographic Archives, Accession Number: II-98575.1
 
LL/122624 [Further details available]

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Contents - Themes & Fragments
Advertising - Advertising photography
Advertising - Cartes de visite: Advertising
Ambrotypes - Marketing: Cased photographs
Animals - Cabinet cards: Animals
Animals - Cartes de visite: Nature
Animals - Different ways of seeing animals
Animals - Ottomar Anschütz: Animal studies
Animals - Taxidermists and taxidermy
Astronomy - The moon as a symbol
Cabinet cards - Cabinet cards: Animals
Cabinet cards - Cabinet cards: Introduction
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Advertising
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Nature
Cased photographs - Marketing: Cased photographs
Cases - Marketing: Cased photographs
Commercial - Commercial photography
Daguerreotypes - Marketing: Cased photographs
Domesticated animals - Dogs
Experimental and manipulated photography - People in bottles
Fashion - Eyewear
Fauna - Different ways of seeing animals
Feet - Parts of the body: Feet
Gardens and parks - Gardeners
Gelatin silver prints - Gelatin silver prints: Photomontage
Hands - Parts of the body: Hands
Legs - Parts of the body: Legs
Marketing - Marketing: Cased photographs
Musicians - Violinists and fiddlers
Pets - Cats
Pets - Dogs
Pets - Pets
Photographers - The photographer as a shadow participant
Photomontage - Gelatin silver prints: Photomontage
Photomontage - Understanding the terms
Pictorialism - Gertrude Käsebier: Portraits
Platinum prints - Gertrude Käsebier: Platinum prints
Portrait - Tintypes: Portraits
Postcards - Real photo postcards: Animals
Real photo postcards - Real photo postcards: Animals
Russia - Introduction to photography in Russia
Scientific - Contemporary scientific imagery
Self-portraits - Self portraits taken with a stick, a length of string or a rubber squeeze ball and pheumatic tube opening the shutter
Self-portraits - The photographer as a shadow participant
Shadows - The photographer as a shadow participant
Studio necessities - The moon as a symbol
Tintypes - Tintypes: Portraits
Using different viewpoints - André Kertész: Viewpoints
Using different viewpoints - Looking down
Vernacular - Real photo postcards: Animals
Women photographers - Gertrude Käsebier: Platinum prints


 
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