The Black Cat, for Edgar Allan Poe's “Selected Tales of Mystery,” 1909
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: John Byam Liston Shaw|Edgar Allan Poe
Artist bio: British, Ferndale, Madras, India, 1872–1919 London|American, Boston, Massachusetts 1809–1849 Baltimore, Maryland
Artist role: Artist|Author
Artist nationality: British|American
Date: 1909
Medium: Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor)
Dimensions: Image: 8 3/8 × 5 7/8 in. (21.3 × 14.9 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 13/16 in. (35 × 27.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Margaret Murray and Michael Blodgett, 2018
Accession year: 2018
Tags: Cats