Channel Cat chromolithograph and scholar who researches identity

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

seated on top of an upright piano

Evelyn Harrison

Photographed by John Vachon for the WPA in 1941

A powerful species of predatory habits

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.