Channel Cat chromolithograph and scholar who researches identity

and scholar who researches identity in popular culture through the comics medium

A powerful species of predatory habits

Created by Leonetto Cappiello as a color lithograph at 150 x 110 cm published for Imp

photographed by the National Photo Company in 1923 on 4x5 glass plate negative

Channel Cat chromolithograph and scholar who researches identityThis chromolithograph of a Channel Cat (Ictalurus Punctatus) was created by artist S. F. Denton (Sherman Foote) born in 1856 and died in 1937 Well known for his exquisite drawings of fish, birds, and mammals when he was commissioned for several years to illustrate the New York State Fish and Wildlife Annual Report, part of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of New York State.