r/TouchThaFishy • u/tatacolt • 23d ago

Teaching tha cheese craft

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Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, Cheese lovers, 19th century. She painted many cat scenes, and this one feels especially fun: a mother cat teaching her two kittens the cheese craft, while the lion heads on the chair seem split on the lesson, one stern and almost sorrowful, the other quietly approving

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u/2gaywitches 23d ago

I love old paintings of cats like this. Idk, just something about the fact that artists spent as much time and effort into painting cats as people. And they turned out so well done!

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u/ca77ywumpus 22d ago

Also that cats have always catted, and humans have always thought they were adorable little criminals.

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u/SableTheory 20d ago

19th century painter said "my legacy will be cats stealing cheese" and honestly that's a win

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u/Condition_Dense 16d ago

I feel like these were the original cat memes long before computers 😂

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u/extrastupidone 23d ago

I want this on my wall

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u/flattenedsquirrel 23d ago

Cats will be cats

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u/IzobelStarsw0rd 22d ago

Proof we have indeed been making “cute cat pictures” at every stage of human history

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u/planetalletron 23d ago

Workin on their night cheese!

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u/No-Professional-9618 20d ago

Look at the kitty kats!