Louis Wain Fact #32:
Despite his discovery of cat’s dislike for them, Wain himself loved oranges, and his friends and fans often sent him some in the hospital. In some of his drawings of picnics and tea parties, conventional tableware like cups and a teapot is absent, replaced with oranges.
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33. THE FORTY THIEVES
Watercolour and bodycolour
15 1/4" x 11 1/4"
Illustrated: 'With Louis Wain to Fairyland', published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd 1889