Check out these cat images:
Vintage Catwalk. Twiggy Cat!
Image by karen.tkr
The famous doe eyed supermodel cat of the 60’s!
Vintage catwalk for the Month of Softies.
Divine cat (Ours never had a nose ring)
Image by Unhindered by Talent
We’re back from an excellent little 24 hour whirlwind visit to the Mighty Metropolis aka London. Most of it was spent in the British Museum, where we had tickets to see the Chinese terra cotta army. No photos from that, but it was quite remarkable and absolutely worth it.
I took lots of photos (many quite mediocre, or worse) in other parts of the British Museum, including this in a small temporary exhibit right by the entrace called "Divine Cat". This bronze egyptian scuplture was donated to the Museum by a Major Gayer-Anderson, who "was a keen restorer of ancient metal objects". Recent analysis (including X-rays) revealed that the good Major jammed a metal cylinder in the head to give it more strength, repaired a major crack, and applied a thick layer of green paint to help hide the repairs.
Oh.
An excellent little exhibit, and a nice example of the many complexities of managing a collection such as theirs.
And the cat was cool too.
Profile of the fishing cat
Image by Tambako the Jaguar
One of the only good fishing cat pictures I could take at the zoo of Amnéville…
