An illustration of the Edgar Allan Poe story "The Black Cat". It is the story of a violent alcoholic who tortures and kills his cat Pluto. Later on, the author is driven mad by visions of a cat that looks similar to Pluto, which haunts him.
The portrait depicts Cecilia Beaux's cousin, Sarah Allibone Leavitt. The white of the woman's dress contrasts with the black cat that she pets on her shoulder. The young woman gazes away from the audience, assuredly.
Every Spring the Old Witch's cat, Shadow, has a litter of black, green-eyed kittens that are eagerly taken home by young witches. But one Fall, just before Halloween, Shadow has a litter of one, snow-white, blue-eyed kitten. The Old Witch swears a…
The Devil, accompanied by a retinue that includes the fast-talking, vodka-drinking, giant tomcat Behemoth, pays a visit to Soviet Moscow. There is a whirlwind of chaos that soon involves the beautiful Margarita and her beloved, a distraught writer…
Mr. Mistoffelees is a character in T. S. Eliot's 1939 poetry book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and its 1981 musical adaptation, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats. Mistoffelees is a young black cat with magical powers that he cannot yet fully control.…