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Cat crazy: the Victorian mania for moggies
Kathryn Hughes explores changing Victorian attitudes to cats and charts the emergence of the modern moggy through the life and career of artist Louis Wain
- Charlotte Hodgman
Published: May 22, 2024 at 7:10 AM
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At the end of the 19th century, Britain and America entered the grip of a cat craze that saw the humble moggy catapulted from urban nuisance to beloved household pet. Historian Kathryn Hughes speaks to Charlotte Hodgman about 19th-century attitudes to cats, and how Louis Wain's anthropomorphic drawings helped us fall in love with all things feline.
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Kathryn Hughes is the author of Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World (Fourth Estate, 2024)
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Charlotte HodgmanHead of video operations
Charlotte Hodgman is head of video operations at HistoryExtra
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