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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAn art historian's cat clawed a hole into the 17th century painting he was restoring.
Alex Wexelman
The Internet is teeming with videos of cats swiping objects off of dressers. Damage is usually negligible and our furry friends are forgiven. Bendor Grosvenors cat, however, is in the doghouse now after it clawed a 17th century portrait its owner bought for £5,250 ($6,680) in 2015.
Grosvenor, an art historian who has appeared on the BBC series Britains Lost Masterpieces and Fake or Fortune?, was restoring his John Michael Wright painting. As I stood back to admire my handiwork, up jumped our cat, landing forcefully in the centre of the painting with a crunch, he told The Telegraph. Disaster.
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His cat Padme, Grosvenor added, is not a fan of John Michael Wright, and regrets nothing.
https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-art-historians-cat-clawed-hole-17th-century-painting-restoring
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I learned long ago that the house is the cat's. We're merely the bill payers. If it's not out of reach, it's fair game.
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(80,693 posts)cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)kitty sez if there's no photo it didn't happen.
As I carefully removed from the tree and wrapped individually in tissue paper the christmas ornaments I inherited from my grandmothers, my cat came out of nowhere, jumped into the middle of the box and blissfully kneaded that 19th century mercury glass into so many shards. I put the lid on and stored the box in the basement.
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(34,170 posts)It's either them...or the cat. And, looking back at the love, companionship, and laughs cats have given given me over the years, I wouldn't have it any other way.