British Shorthair Collage
by Barbara Keith
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18.000 x 24.000 inches
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Title
British Shorthair Collage
Artist
Barbara Keith
Medium
Drawing - Colored Pencil
Description
You may not realize it, but you probably grew up with the British Shorthair. He is the clever feline of Puss in Boots and the grinning Cheshire Cat of Alice in Wonderland.
The British Shorthair is native to England. With the rise of cat shows during the Victorian era, cat fanciers began to breed the cats to a particular standard and keep pedigrees for them. At the earliest cat shows, British Shorthairs were the only pedigreed cats exhibited. All others were simply described by coat type or color.
Two world wars devastated the breed, and few British Shorthairs remained after World War II. With the help of other breeds, the Shorthairs, as they are called in Britain, were revitalized (cattime.com).
Comlete 1996 after 11.14 hours spread over 6 days.
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October 21st, 2018
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