Louis Wain Fact #10:
He was seemingly the first to discover cat’s aversions to orange peels! While originally dismissed as one of his eccentric beliefs, it has since been corroborated by science and many now use lines of orange peels or other citrus fruits to deter feline intrusions to their gardens or flowerpots.
![A Wain cat holding a basket of oranges, being pestered by a kitten](https://catland.distin.org/imagehosting/trivia/orange.png)
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34. JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Watercolour and bodycolour
13" x 10 1/4"
Illustrated: 'With Louis Wain to Fairyland', published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd 1889