Louis Wain Fact #3:
At a party, Wain once refused tea and alcohol, asking for milk instead. Some joker then poured it out into a saucer; Louis was “not amused.” Variations of this story had popped up over the years, with later transmutations recalling Wain specifically requesting milk in a saucer.
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"This dance began at two o'clock, and now it's half past four
The piper says he's weary but the Dancers ask for more!"
Watercolour and bodycolour 14 3/4 x 10 3/4
Illustrated 'Cats of many lands', published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.
Exhibited: The Brook St. Art Gallery as 'In the Heilons'