{"id":1991,"date":"2023-07-05T18:24:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T18:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strabo.uk\/?page_id=1991"},"modified":"2023-07-07T18:46:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T18:46:24","slug":"percy-cat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/strabo.uk\/?page_id=1991","title":{"rendered":"Percy Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1991\" class=\"elementor elementor-1991\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55f48ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55f48ed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92f8740\" data-id=\"92f8740\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2e2513 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2e2513\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Who was Percy? The Ossie Clark Cat?<\/strong><\/p><p>A performance and veterinarian investigation into Percy the cat depicted on the lap of Ossie Clark in David Hockney\u2019s painting \u2013 that was voted England\u2019s most popular painting. But who was Percy the cat?<\/p><p>Strabo\u2019s investigation became a performance art odyssey \u2013 taking interviews from amongst others Lady Henrietta Rous \u2013 friend of Ozzie and compiler\/editor of his diaries, and Allan Hitchins, the former King\u2019s Road veterinarian whose clients \u2013 including Ozzie \u2013 are a roster of London\u2019s 1970s Chelsea culture and who attended the (female) cat \u201cPercy\u201d who changed gender and name\u00a0for\u00a0Hockney.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f78b25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6f78b25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/strabo.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cat1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1994\" alt=\"Hockney\" srcset=\"https:\/\/strabo.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cat1.jpg 730w, https:\/\/strabo.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cat1-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfd5a92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfd5a92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy &#8211; David Hockney<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b4f579 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lady Henrietta Rous, who was muse to Ossie Clark, and editor of\u00a0Ossie\u2019s\u00a0diaries<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ca32a9\" data-id=\"8ca32a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2262caf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2262caf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/strabo.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cat4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1998\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/strabo.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cat4.jpg 524w, https:\/\/strabo.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cat4-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf27f71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf27f71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Twiggy wearing Ossie Clark<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f0f5202 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f0f5202\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3efae9f\" data-id=\"3efae9f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cfff7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5cfff7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/strabo.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cat5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1999\" alt=\"cat 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The Ossie Clark Cat? A performance and veterinarian investigation into Percy the cat depicted on the lap of Ossie Clark in David Hockney\u2019s painting \u2013 that was voted England\u2019s most popular painting. But who was Percy the cat? Strabo\u2019s investigation became a performance art odyssey \u2013 taking interviews from amongst others Lady&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1999,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"unboxed","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"default","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1991","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/strabo.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/strabo.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/strabo.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strabo.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strabo.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/strabo.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strabo.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/strabo.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}