Louis Wain Fact #16:
It is an often told story, that the accident with a bus in 1914 that had resulted in Louis Wain spending weeks recovering from a concussion, was caused by veering out of the way of a stray cat. The heartwarming tale often describes that upon waking up, Wain’s first words were “Is the cat all right?”.
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"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."