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Study of a cat – Historic Print

Study of a cat, [between 1906 and 1924] — historic photograph
Study of a cat, [between 1906 and 1924]. Historic photograph from the Cats & Dogs collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures Study of a cat in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Arnold Genthe, the German-born photographer known for his portraits of writers and dancers and his street scenes of San Francisco's Chinatown, turned his camera here to a single cat rather than a person or a crowded street. The gelatin silver print is dated only to the period between 1906 and 1924, when that process was the standard for fine photographic printing. Animal studies like this were popular with early twentieth-century photographers, who used pets to explore light, texture and expression. The Library of Congress holds the print in its Genthe collection, where it has not yet been fully cataloged.

Created / published[between 1906 and 1924]
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1930.Gelatin silver prints 1900-1930.
NotesForms part of: Arnold Genthe Collection (Library of Congress). Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 347
SubjectsGenthe, Arnold,--1869-1942--Animals & pets. Cats--1900-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,689 × 4,588 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221670

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