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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"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'