7247: 1901 2subjects black_and_white candle caption cat clothes:glasses color:white frightened humanised indoors knitting meta:has_source newspaper_publication signature smiling
 Good Gracious, Mr... |
dailymeower: "Good gracious, Mrs. Tabby, how you startled me! I thought you would have been in bed hours ago!"
"What! and leave you out on the tiles?" "But, my dear, you knew I was at Louis Wain's Cat's-Meat Dinner." ADAPTATION OF MR. LOUIS WAIN'S WORK IN THE "SKETCH." |
3530: 1subject black_and_white cat color:white indoors meta:has_source meta:lowquality meta:needsyear profile realistic signature tea
 Afternoon Tea at ... |
dailymeower: Now for the tea of our host,
Now for the rollicking bun, Now for the muffin and toast, Now for the gay Sally Lunn! [W. S. Gilbert] |
6189: 1subject cat cat:tabby color:brown color:orange flower garden meta:featured meta:from_beetles meta:has_source meta:needsyear meta:ourscan meta:wallpaper napsbury outdoors realistic smiling
 The Rose Kitty Wh... |
dailymeower: The rose kitty which has no thorns
The rose plant shown does not grow any thorn When grown perfect in perfect soil |
5411: 3subjects aggressive black_and_white book book:unknown cane caption cat clothes clothes:hat clothes:monocle color:white crying frightened humanised injury meta:from_beetles meta:has_source meta:needsyear meta:ourscan outdoors prehensile_tail profile smiling
 Heave a Brick at Him |
dailymeower: Woman: Oh, Doctor, do you think that my husband is in a condition to be successfully operated upon?
Doctor: Yes, decidedly! heave a brick at him. |
373: 1901 1subject black_and_white caption cat christmas clothes color:white humanised plum_pudding signature sketch unhappy
 This Way to the U... |
dailymeower: Catastrophes Are 'Off' In 1902. Take Care How You Step Into the New Year. December Is Rather a Trying Month to Get Through, What with Christmas, and New Year's Eve.
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5141: 1899 8subjects black_and_white book book:pussies_and_puppies cat color:white frightened humanised kitten meta:has_source music:wind outdoors profile smiling subject:music unhappy
2740: 1905 1subject cat cat:tabby color:brown house meta:has_source meta:lowquality outdoors realistic signature smiling tongue_out
 Cat Illustration ... |
dailymeower: Possibly 1918
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5842: 1944 2subjects artist:claire_wain black_and_white cane carrying cat clothes clothes:hat dog forest meta meta:needstitle outdoors realistic signature
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dailymeower: A sketch by Louis's sister, Claire Wain, dated 1944. Claire died in 1945.
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5814: black_and_white caption meta meta:has_source meta:needsyear nosubject
 The Purple Heron ... |
dailymeower: THE PURPLE HERON CAME FROM THE HIGH MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS EVERYWHERE WHERE NO CROP COULD GROW STRONG AND LIVED AN ALL ALONE LIVING ON CONTINUOUS CHANGE FROM ONE PEAK TO FIND BETTER FOOD TO ANOTHER, WHERE THE WATERFLOW SOFTENED ALL THE SOFT CROP OF REED STALK SUFFICIENT TO AID ITS SOFT SUCCLENT SAP TO GIVE AID TO THE HERON LIFE TO LIVE ON. IT WENT FOR EVERYTHING LIVING FOUND IN NATURE USED LIFE AND FISH ALSO WHEN IN STRONG HEALTH.
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7985: black_and_white book book:unknown breakage caption carrying cat cat:tabby cat:tuxedo clothes:boots clothes:hat color:white dog dog:bulldog drinking flower manysubjects meta:has_source meta:needsyear newspaper_publication profile realistic tongue_out
Did You Make Any ...
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Even the very cats and dogs sketched here (by Louis Wain in the Sunday Strand) did; whether they (and you) keep them remains to be seen. Most New Year resolutions are like pie crust-made to be broken.