3-074-660 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Sketches of the Cat Show at the Crystal Palace, 1883. 'Anxiety; Peace; Price £1000 - "no prize can enhance my value"; "Major"; imported from Siam; the heaviest cat in the show; "Chippy"; Luxury; Hard Business; A Cat's Cradle; taking off the sharp edge of confinement; Artificial; Natural; somebody's first prize kitten; no class for this cat; an owner; bona fide the property of a working man; consolation...Our Artist has exercised his wonted comic fancy in delineating some incidents of this popular exhibition, held for the fifteenth time on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. It is styled "National," but might almost claim to be regarded as "International," seeing that cats from Germany, France, Italy, Norway, and Russia, of course from Angora and Persia, and even from Siam, find their way to the stands, as well as from all parts of Great Britain. The two Siamese cats belonging to Mrs. Lee, of Penshurst, which gained a medal, were regarded with much curiosity. To the lady visitors, young and old, the Cat Show proved especially attractive, and some of the fair enthusiasts have been caught on the point of our Artist's pencil'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.