Louis Wain Fact #29:
“Catland” is not a strictly Wainian invention - it was used by another cat artist, Harrison Weir, as early as eighteen fifty one. Wain has admitted on numerous occasions to having been quite inspired by Weir, especially early in his career,
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Even the very cats and dogs sketched here (by Louis Wain in the Sunday Strand) did; whether they (and you) keep them remains to be seen. Most New Year resolutions are like pie crust-made to be broken.