Cat Vomiting

Cat Vomiting

Cynthia Pell
Medium
Drawing
Material
Ink and crayon on coloured paper
Dimensions
26 x 20 cm
Date created
1976
Acquisition
Donated by Natalie Dower, Britta von Zweigbergk and Evelyn Williams, 2001
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Cat Vomiting represents an everyday part of hospital life at Bexley. There was a large population of feral cats at the institution. Patients became attached to certain cats, and often food and milk was left out for them in the wards. According to Britta von Zweigbergk, ‘she [Pell] would often find the time to sit and to sketch them eating and drinking, even being sick’.