Figure 9 from Charles Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. Caption reads "FIG. 9.—Cat, savage, and prepared to fight, drawn from life by Mr. Wood." Author's signature is at bottom left. See also figures 9-15 and 18 by the same author, especially figure 10 of a more affectionate looking cat.

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   + Cat aggression
   + Cat behavior
   + Hissing cats
   + Illustrations of cats
   + T. W. Wood
   + Tabby cats in art
   + The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

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• Artist: Mr. T. W. Wood ("I am also greatly indebted to Mr. T. W. Wood for the extreme pains which he has taken in drawing from life the expressions of various animals." - p. 26)
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• Original datetime: Published in 1872
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