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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

79 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

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

The cats wear top hats, waistcoats and suits, hold sticks or an umbrella, and perform on a lurid green lawn with blue and grey bushes in the background

1 painting : gouache ; sheet 17.7 x 22.6 cm

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

Colour postcard (numbered 541D on the back). It shows a group of Louis Wain's Edwardian cats arriving in open carriages at a race course. Coloured marquees and trees are behind. A picnic is staring in the foreground rom which a brown dog has seized a fowl and is running off with it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lunch at the races / Louis Wain.

Cats in a bicycle-race in Hyde Park, London. Process print after L. Wain.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lunch at the races / Louis Wain.

Cats in a bicycle-race in Hyde Park, London. Process print after L. Wain.

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