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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2005JAMA cover
We just received the current issue of Journal of American Medical Association and on the cover is a charming painting titled Black Cat on a chair. The artist is listed as Andrew L. von Wittkamp (? - 1897). I think you can view this painting by going to: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/294/15/1867 The first paragraph of the abstract (seen below the painting)says: Inscrutable, elusive, sly, faithless, divine, diabolical, inquisitive, ungovernable, unpredictable, feral, finicky, fastidious to a fault, ineffable. And entitled: to free bed and board, for example, to the best (or only) chair in the room, to roam on a whim, to return without explanation, to disappear for days and reappear suddenly as though it had never been missing. Not even the wordsmith Dr Peter Roget had adjectives enough to describe this charming tyrant we call the cat. It just made me smile and I thought I'd share. Julie What is the article about? It is a lovely painting. > We just received the current issue of Journal of American Medical > Association and on the cover is a charming painting titled Black Cat on [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > It just made me smile and I thought I'd share. > Julie > What is the article about? It is a lovely painting. I need to get my subscription renewed, but JAMA has a long history of cover art that doesn't have anything to do with the contents. One of the senior physician-editors is also an art historian, and the Journal has developed a tradition of letting her pick a cover and write a page about it. Most medical journals have no cover art beyond logos. > > What is the article about? It is a lovely painting. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > has developed a tradition of letting her pick a cover and write a page > about it. Most medical journals have no cover art beyond logos. Cool. I did not know that. I've always noticed the JAMA covers when I see them. They are distinctive. > We just received the current issue of Journal of American Medical > Association and on the cover is a charming painting titled Black Cat [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > It just made me smile and I thought I'd share. > Julie That better be the ONLY chair in the room because if it's the best (or most comfortable) I'll sit on the floor, thanks! Of course we all know cats can make themselves comfortable in the oddest places. Jill > We just received the current issue of Journal of American Medical > Association and on the cover is a charming painting titled Black Cat [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > It just made me smile and I thought I'd share. > Julie I love it, and what a beautiful picture, almost like a photograph. It's strange to think about, the artist died the year my grandmother was born, 1897.  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > We just received the current issue of Journal of American Medical > Association and on the cover is a charming painting titled Black Cat on a [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > It just made me smile and I thought I'd share. Julie That is either a very large cat or a very small chair! It is a cute picture. MLB |
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