A cat in "gothic" style. Gouache by Louis Wain, 1925/1939.

Three cats performing a song and dance act. Gouache by Louis Wain, 1925/1939.

Three cats singing. Gouache by Louis Wain, 1925/1939.

A cat standing on its hind legs, formed by patterns supposed to be in the "Early Greek" style. Gouache by Louis Wain, 1925/1939.

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1 print : offset lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 59.3 x 42 cm

A cat in "gothic" style. Colour lithograph after L. Wain, 2002.

Box file containing items of ephemera in acid free sleeves. Includes leaflets, Post office stamp postcards, Liebig cards, bank notes, gummed sticker / stamps, Brooke Bond tea cards, newspaper clippings etc. The people represented are: Eleanor Rathbone, Wilhelm Röntgen, Rudolphus, Ernest Rutherford, Sir Martin Ryle, Mary Seacole, Nicholas Shackleton, Erik Skovenborg, Marie Stopes, Sir Henry Thompson, Queen Victoria (visiting the sick at Osborne), Louis Wain, Alfred Russel Wallace, James D. Watson, Mary Wollstonecraft (2009 UK postage stamp and Newington Green Action Group's memorial project, 2011).

General Collections Ephemera Collection

Biography ephemera. Box 3, R-Z.

Louis Wain, 1860-1939 : [an exhibition catalogue] / [introduction by Michael Parkin].

79 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Louis Wain's cats / compiled and introduced by Michael Parkin.

On a green ground with red decorative patterns, the cat's body is mainly in yellow, purple and blue

1 painting : gouache ; sheet 18.8 x 12.6 cm

On a blue ground, a turquoise cat, the patterns of its fur being formed by white lines resembling gothic tracery, crockets etc.

1 painting : gouache ; sheet 18.5 x 12.2 cm

Colour postcard (numbered 2582 on the back). It shows a dog with bandages round his head, legs and tail after having been in a fight over a female dog.

Biography ephemera. Box 3.

How was I to know she was engaged / Louis Wain.

A marmalade cat and two blue cats, half-length, stand holding orange-covered song- or hymn-books; in the background, flowers, equally lurid in tone

1 painting : gouache ; sheet 17.1 x 23 cm

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Wain, Louis, 1860-1939

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A cat in "gothic" style. Colour lithograph after L. Wain, 2002.

Biography ephemera. Box 3, R-Z.

Louis Wain, 1860-1939 : [an exhibition catalogue] / [introduction by Michael Parkin].

Louis Wain's cats / compiled and introduced by Michael Parkin.

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Wain, Louis, 1860-1939

Images

Catalogue

A cat in "gothic" style. Colour lithograph after L. Wain, 2002.

Biography ephemera. Box 3, R-Z.

Louis Wain, 1860-1939 : [an exhibition catalogue] / [introduction by Michael Parkin].

Louis Wain's cats / compiled and introduced by Michael Parkin.

Wellcome Collection

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