Les Chats Noirs

Les Chats Noirs (The Black Cats) were an art appreciation group founded in Hartford, Connecticut, on 27 May 1895. The members in 1897 were: E. C. Sudge; T. S. Cheney; F. M. Cutting; Edward Bronson Field, Secretary and Cook; C. M. Newell; W. Tardy Plimpton; D. Rich; W. Mary Stone; P. K. Williams; C. D. Allen; L. H. Stedman; and W. N. Carlton. They held meetings at 981 Asylum Avenue. The group existed at least until 1908, because the Connecticut Historical Society has invitations to Les Chats Noirs events from that year.