Louis Wain Fact #9:
Since a boy, he had an interest in fighting sports such as boxing and sparring, and his nose seemingly bore the signs of being broken in such matches. Although Wain himself admits the truth is possibly a bit more mundane, “As a child I had had my nose broken at school.”
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33. THE FORTY THIEVES
Watercolour and bodycolour
15 1/4" x 11 1/4"
Illustrated: 'With Louis Wain to Fairyland', published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd 1889