frippp: Appears printed in Louis Wain's Annual 1915

frippp: Also published in 1915 annual

frippp: Published in 1915 annual

frippp: Published in 1915 Annual

frippp: Printed as "Three Things to Remember" in the 1915 Annual.

Wain's original caption:

A Lizard, a Gecko, and a Tortoise
met and danced till the sun went out
to the music of the frogs croaking
Then they fell asleep & dreamed of it all

frippp: Published in 1915 Annual

frippp: Published in 1915 Annual

frippp: "Best Flat to Be Let - Apply to Mr Duck"

frippp: Woman : “ Are you going to chop that wood ? ”
Tramp : “ Ah ! you women are no longer sympathetic since you have become Suffragettes.

frippp: https://www.the-independent.com/incoming/crazy-cats-and-the-tale-of-a-tortured-artist-5368964.html

An article in The Independant is one of the earliest published mentions of this piece, and cites that this artwork lies in the collection of Bethlem Royal Hospital

frippp: https://shop.museumofthemind.org.uk/products/notepad-i-am-happy-because-everyone-loves-me

Bethlem also dates this artwork to around c. 1928, which would make sense as that was around when he stayed at the hospital.. So as charming as the often-repeated tale of this being his 'last artwork' is, it is likely false. The more likely story is it was a response to the fundraiser held to get him into the hospital. It may have been the last the public had seen of Wain in his lifetime, as Wain had continued to paint and draw privately into the 1930s and throughout his time at Napsbury, including the famed kaleidoscopic cats.