Bombay Collage
by Barbara Keith
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18.000 x 24.000 inches
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Title
Bombay Collage
Artist
Barbara Keith
Medium
Drawing - Colored Pencil
Description
Cat breeders are an experimental lot, creating distinctive new breeds either by building on natural genetic mutations or by crossing breeds to achieve a new look, color or pattern. The Bombay, named for the exotic port city of India, has no connection with the subcontinent but was created from crosses between sable Burmese and black American Shorthairs to resemble a black panther in miniature.
Breeder Nikki Horner of Louisville, Kentucky, is credited with developing the Bombay, starting in the late 1950s. Her goal was a sleek, shiny black cat with a muscular body and friendly temperament. British breeders achieved the same look and personality with crosses of Burmese and black domestic shorthairs (cattime.com).
Complete 1996 after 8.10 hours spread over 6 days.
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October 24th, 2018
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Comments (16)
Dale Kincaid
Congratulations! Your fantastic art has been chosen as an OHIO ARTISTS Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archive discussion.
Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS! It is my great pleasure to FEATURE your artwork on the homepage of The Artists Group, 10/27/2022! You are invited to post it in the Group's Features Discussion thread for posterity or any other thread that fits!
Nina Stavlund
I love all of your posters, but this one was an instant fave! Featured in ♥ Cats are Lovable ♥ :o)
Sarah Batalka
I was just visiting your portfolio and these lovely black cats jumped out at me- must be the time of year. The sheen of their coats are so perfectly rendered. They are beautiful creatures, it's a shame some are afraid of them because of old superstitions. L/F