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Une Inondation (A Flood)
Oil on canvas painting of a child in a cradle floating in a river. On the edge of the cradle is a black kitten.
Kuroki Neko (Black Cat)
A black cat sits on the branch of an oak tree, surrounded by branches and leaves.
"Oh, You Wicked Little Thing"
A young girl (Alice) sits sideways in an armchair, playing with a black kitten.
The Master and the Margarita
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…
About Paris by Richard Harding Davis, Illustrated by Edward Penfield, Harper & Brothers Publishers
The poster for the book About Paris shows two black cats and a red windmill.
Sarah Allibone Leavitt
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.
Mr. Mistoffelees
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.…
The Black Cat
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 Witch's Cat's Kitten
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 Black Cat's Message
Retold Americana short story about a husband and wife who get a cat, only for the husband to hear a message and give it to the cat who becomes Queen of the Witches.