Louis Wain Fact #61:
Despite the fact that his annuals were aimed primarily towards children, he often used them to voice his political stances, such as his support of suffrage and dislike of socialism. This may have been a cause for the troubled relations between him and his publishers, of which he went through many.
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36. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Watercolour and bodycolour
16 1/4" x 12 1/2 "
Illustrated: 'With Louis Wain to Fairyland', published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd 1889