Louis Wain Fact #67:
At least one person was named after Wain; in 1933 when Louis Wain of Skegness, England was in court charged with an unlicensed motorcycle, the chairman interrupted the proceedings to ask him about cats. To which the defendant claimed the artist was merely his namesake.
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55. THE WORLD CUP
Watercolour and bodycolour
15" x 11 1/4 "
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(This piece was previously referred to on this site as "The Football Match", as seen as the caption given to this image in 'Cat Life.')