Louis Wain Fact #13:
During Wain's early childhood, he had been plagued with terrifying nightmares, 'visions of extraordinary complexity'. These miraculously vanished after he had recovered from scarlet fever some time around the age of ten. Current historians speculate that these visions had a lasting impact on the impressionable young Wain, and perhaps had influenced the intricate illustrations he produced later in life.
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To scratch, and squall, and mew;
And climb up trees a giddy height
To get a pleasant view.
And though the tree had many boughs,
They thought it better fun
To leave the rest for other cats,
And scramble on to one."