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  • A man comes to a shop to sell a fish to a woman who sells poultry, fish and vegetables, watched by a cat. Engraving by J. Burnet after W. Mieris.
  • Caring for your pet / Seven Seas Veterinary Division.
  • A monster representing an influenza virus hitting a man over the head as he sits in his armchair. Pen and ink drawing by E. Noble, c. 1918.
  • Farm cats : the farmers friends / The Cats Protection League.
  • Junior cat care manual / Cats Protection League.
  • A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a fashionable and rich lady, while his black assistant and her white maid attend. Etching.
  • The noses and mouths of two cats with protruding tongues. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1973.
  • A monkey physician examining a cat patient for fleas. Coloured lithograph.
  • A woman doctor examining a girl's finger. Engraving after J. Northcote.
  • Caring for your pet / Seven Seas Veterinary Division.
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Catalogue

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    A mother, her son, and their cat watching a storm through the window of a cottage. Engraving.

    | Reference: 524711i
  • view A cat standing on its hind legs, formed by patterns supposed to be in the "Early Greek" style. Gouache by Louis Wain, 1925/1939.
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    A cat standing on its hind legs, formed by patterns supposed to be in the "Early Greek" style. Gouache by Louis Wain, 1925/1939.

    Wain, Louis, 1860-1939 | Reference: 38888i
  • view A boy and his cat are on a pirate ship. Coloured lithograph.
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    A boy and his cat are on a pirate ship. Coloured lithograph.

    | Reference: 33321i
  • view Physiology practicums : explicit directions for examining portions of the cat, and the heart, eye, and brain of the sheep, as an aid in the study of elementary physiology.
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    Physiology practicums : explicit directions for examining portions of the cat, and the heart, eye, and brain of the sheep, as an aid in the study of elementary physiology.

    Wilder, Burt G. (Burt Green), 1841-1925 | Date: 1895
    • Books

    Cats are not peas : a calico history of genetics / Laura Gould.

    Gould, Laura L. (Laura Lehmer) | Date: [1996], ©1996
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