Cat Dressed as a Woman by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1847)

The Widow by Frederick Dielman (1880)

Cat in a Cage by Gottfried Mind (1790)

Cats in Human Dress Playing Games by Kunimasa IV (1870s)

Cat Catching a Frog by Kawanabe Kyōsai (1887)

Portrait of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton by John de Critz (1603)

Divine Cat by Yamaguchi Soki (1725)

The Large Cat by Cornelis Visscher (1657)

Untitled painting from an album by Shibata Zeshin (1891)

The Unfortunate Cat by Charles Verlat (1869)

A scene from the Northumberland Bestiary (1250)

Two Children Teasing a Cat by Annibale Carracci (1590)

Myojakdo by Byeon Sang-byeok (1730)

Checkmate by Agnes Augusta Talboys (1900)

From the Tamra Maew (Cat-Book Poems) by an anonymous Thai artist (19th century)