"Study after 'The Cheshire Cat (for Kitty)'." Original is pencil drawing on paper, 10 x 8 inches. Copyright 2006 by Sheryl Humphrey. Original in private collection, Virginia. From the "Alice in Wonderland" series. Notecards of the full-color painting available at Amazon.com. Not a portrait, but a tribute to the fierce spirit of a beloved pet who had recently passed away.
"[S]he was a little startled by seeing the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off.
The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked goodnatured, she thought: still it had very long claws and a great many teeth, so she felt that it ought to be treated with respect." -- from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," by Lewis Carroll.
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