Louis Wain Fact #17:
In the 1910s, Wain and his family were struggling immensely due to a number of issues, such as copyright and paper shortages from the war, which led to a lack of demand for his work. Louis Wain had reportedly paid shopkeepers for their wares with his drawings. A fair trade, as nowadays simple sketches of his can go for hundreds of pounds.
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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