Art: Puss

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In Philadelphia, a show opened last week, at the Print Club. It was an exhibit, by Mrs. Charles L. Brown, of prints of cats, made during the last 400 years. They were from all quarters of the world, and from such masters as Rembrandt, Dürer and Hokusai down through the illustrators of Godey's Lady's Book to present artists of varying fame.

A Dürer print shows Adam and Eve with a feline between them; Rembrandt represents The Holy Family itself "... With Cat"; there is also the famed cat of Visscher (1629-62), earliest of master line engravers, copies of which are now rare indeed. The prints used for Godey's Lady's Book reveal how widespread was puss's honored position in 19th Century society. The best ladies were seldom seen without a cat or cats, which were, in fact, so numerous that children fell over them in parlors.