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A magazine cover of a black cat dancing upon the sunflowers

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Old vintage Halloween postcard witch on broomstick black cats and bat

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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.…

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Poster showing a little girl drinking milk from a bowl, with cats begging at her feet.

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A woman with a crooked nose rests her head and against her hand and appears deep in thought or sleep while a black cat, possibly her pet, looks up at her protectively as a black crow lands on her shoulder.

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A black cat sits on the branch of an oak tree, surrounded by branches and leaves.

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Print shows a young Japanese girl carrying a cat, walking in the rain under an umbrella held by an adult.
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