Trim (cat)
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Trim was a ship's cat which accompanied Matthew Flinders on his voyages to circumnavigate and map the coastline of Australia from 1801 to 1803.
Statue of Trim with Matthew Flinders, in Donington, Lincolnshire, Flinders' birthplace
Trim's statue by John Cornwell behind Matthew Flinders's own in Sydney, Australia
Plaque dedicated to Trim at Mitchell Library, Sydney
Trim. Flinders' faithful boat cat. Port Lincoln, South Australia
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, often known simply as Tristram Shandy, is a humorous novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published from 1759 to 1767, in nine volumes across five inst
Trim (cat)
…eaten by a hungry slave. Trim was a bicolour cat, being black with white paws, chin and chest. He was named after the butler in Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy, because Flinders considered him to be a faithful and affectionate friend. During his imprisonment, Flinders wrote a biographical tribute to Trim in…
Title page of the first edition
My Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman by Charles Robert Leslie, 1831
First editions of the nine volumes of Tristram Shandy
1760 Portrait of Laurence Sterne by Joshua Reynolds, commissioned by Sterne to celebrate his newfound literary fame. His elbow rests on a manuscript of Tristram Shandy.