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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Wain was an advocate of families taking their pets with them and opposed the apparently then-common notion of letting them fend on their own while their owners were away.
See also: <a href=https://catland.distin.org/post/view/8678>You've Forgotten Me!</a>