These drawings are by Kathleen Hale for one of her wonderful Orlando (the Marmalade Cat) books. These particular illustrations are part of the "Orlando (The Marmalade Cat): His Silver Wedding". It's the first Orlando book I ever read! It's basically a whodunnit which involves Orlando and his wife Grace deciding to have a silver wedding anniversary party which gets interrupted by Orlando disappearing and Grace and the kittens doing some detective work to find him in time for the party. It's quite gripping actually! Every time I look at one of Kathleen Hale's books, I marvel at the incredible "cat-ness" she gets into her drawings even though they are engaged in human activities and being essentially "human". How does she do that? Anyway, her Orlando books are most definitely my favourite illustrated story books.
All images from here.
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