Out of period, but worth including for the excellent portrayal of the cat, the best that I have seen in a portrait like this; it has a fine collar too. Perronneau, Magdaleine Pinceloup de la Grange, 1747.
Cecilia Beaux, Sita and Sarita, 1893-4.
A detail. More on the same theme:
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