Clare Turlay Newberry was born in Oregon but grew up in Vancouver adoring cats. She began drawing cats at the tender age of two. Her studies in art took her to Portland, San Francisco and Paris. An extensive biography is found on the back page of the paper wrappers. With the bookplate of Alice Fleming pasted inside the portfolio cover. Necker 1436 only calls for 14 plates, here we have 16. Not in Claire Necker ‘Four Centuries of Cat Books: A Bibliography, 1570-1970’.