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A pen and watercolour cartoon/sketch bearing the signature Louis Wain, of a cat inside a bowler hat and another riding it, 37cm x 27cm, housed in early 20th century oak frame

A pen and watercolour cartoon/sketch bearing the signature Louis Wain, of a cat crying, 26.5cm x 21cm, housed in early 20th century oak frameCONDITION REPORTS & PAYMENT DETAILSIMPORTANT *  Descriptions do not include condition reports.  Please contact us to if you require further information or images. *  Please consider shipping costs before bidding as this may affect your decision to bid *  Please familiarise yourself with our payment methods.  All payments MUST be electronic

Louis Wain - Breaking up for the holidays, colour engraving, 16x23cm

Louis William WAIN (1860-1939) Cat and Dog, ink drawing, signed, 10.5x14.5cm and 20x24.5cm overall

Louis William Wain(1860-1939)Cats in a Game of Leapfrog,signed,pen and ink on paper,11.5 x 35cms, in frame.

Louis William Wain(1860-1939)"Me-e-e!!!-e-!!!! (How to Produce the Voice)",signed and titled,pen and ink on paper,17.5 x 19cms, in frame.

Susan Herbert, British 1945-2014 - Leoncavall, Act I Pagliacci;  watercolour on paper, signed lower right 'Susan Herbert', 31 x 23 cm (ARR) Provenance: Chris Beetles Limited, London, 'Louis Wain and the Summer Cat Show', August 1998, no.154 (according to the label attached to the reverse);private collection, UKIllustrated:Susan Herbert, 'Opera Cats', London: Thames and Hudson, 1997, p.23

Susan Herbert, British 1945-2014 - Cosi fan Tutte, Act I Don Alfonso;watercolour on paper, signed lower right 'Susan Herbert', 33.5 x 28.8 cm (ARR)Provenance: Chris Beetles Limited, London, 'Louis Wain and the Summer Cat Show', August 1998 (according to the label attached to the reverse);private collection, UKIllustrated:Susan Herbert, 'Opera Cats', London: Thames and Hudson, 1997, p.21

Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)Spring Cleaning signed 'Louis Wain.' (lower right), titled 'Spring Cleaning' (lower centre)watercolour, pen and ink and ink on paper23 x 32cm (9 1/16 x 12 5/8in).Footnotes:Spring Cleaning was later featured on a greetings card by Lora Verner Designs.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)Tabby Cat Washing signed 'Louis Wain' (lower left)watercolour and gouache on paper17.5 x 17.5cm (6 7/8 x 6 7/8in).with a further pencil drawing of a cat, on the reverse, by the same handFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)A Round Game of Cards signed 'Louis Wain.' (lower right), indistinctly inscribed 'will bring some other/sketches in the morning' (lower left), titled 'A Round Game of Cards' (lower centre)gouache, ink and pen and ink on paper29 x 56.5cm (11 7/16 x 22 1/4in).Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Artist, from whom acquired by James Chapman, 7 August 1896With Chris Beetles Gallery, London (as The Card School)Sale; Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 22 May 2007, lot 291, where acquired by the family of the present owner, and thence by descent (as A Game of Cards)Private Collection, U.K.ExhibitedYork, York City Art Gallery, Cats: An Exhibition of the Works of Louis Wain, 1860-1939, 26 July-7 September 1986, no. 74Please note the present lot is accompanied by correspondence from the artist, dated 7 August 1896.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)The Start signed 'Louis Wain.' (lower right)gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper 17.5 x 22.5cm (6 7/8 x 8 7/8in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Michael Parkin Fine Art, London, where acquired by the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)Helping Ma in the Garden signed 'Louis Wain.' (lower left), titled and inscribed 'Helping Ma! Gardening In the Garden' (to lower edge)watercolour, pen and ink and ink on paper24.5 x 37cm (9 5/8 x 14 9/16in).Footnotes:Helping Ma in the Garden was later featured on a greetings card by Lora Verner Designs.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)The Cat Who is Always Ill signed 'Louis Wain' (lower left), titled 'The cat who is always ill.' (lower right)pen and ink and pencil on paper20 x 25.5cm (7 7/8 x 10 1/16in).Footnotes:Provenance:With Chris Beetles Gallery, London, where acquired by the family of the present owner, 24 August 2004, and thence by descentPrivate Collection, U.K.ExhibitedLondon, Chris Beetles Gallery, Louis Wain and the Summer Cat Show, 2006, no. 83For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)A Real Topnoter signed 'Louis Wain.' (lower left), titled 'A real topnoter.' (lower centre)pen and ink and pencil on paper 26.5 x 19.5cm (10 7/16 x 7 11/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Chris Beetles Gallery, London, where acquired by the family of the present owner, 24 August 2004, and thence by descentPrivate Collection, U.K.ExhibitedLondon, Chris Beetles Gallery, Louis Wain and the Summer Cat Show, 2004, no. 55For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)Afternoon Tea signed 'Louis Wain.' (lower left)gouache, watercolour, pen and ink and ink on paper33.5 x 20.5cm (13 3/16 x 8 1/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Michael Parkin Fine Art, London, where acquired by the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)The Advance signed 'Louis Wain.' (lower left)gouache, pencil and pen and ink on paper 51.5 x 34.5cm (20 1/4 x 13 9/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceBrian ReadeSale; Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 20 November 2007, lot 330, where acquired by the family of the present owner, and thence by descentPrivate Collection, U.K.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)The Tea Party signed 'Louis Wain' (lower left)gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper17.5 x 22.5cm (6 7/8 x 8 7/8in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Michael Parkin Fine Art, London, where acquired by the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)Cats at Tennis signed 'Louis Wain.' (lower right)gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper19 x 28.5cm (7 1/2 x 11 1/4in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith The Fine Art Society, London, December 1972Private Collection, U.K.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Dolls’ house furniture, a framed Louis Wain print of cats having a pillow fight —4 ½in. (11.5cm.) wide, a Waltershausen style console table with gilt transfer (missing mirror and front foot), a German bedside cabinet, a Pit-a-Pat ironing board with red label and other items

Louis WAIN (1860 - 1939) 'Sister Mary Jane's Top Note' in pencil, signed and inscribed with title in pencil. Exhibited at the 50th Anniversary Exhibition 5th-21st July 1989. Sight size 19 x 15cm. Together with Louis Wain brochure from Chris Beetles Ltd which illustrates this lot.

Louis WAIN (1860 - 1939) 'Smiling Cat' in pencil, signed L.L. Sight size 24.5 x 18cm.

Louis WAIN (1860 - 1939) 'Cat Knitting' in red chalk, signed L.L. Sight size 29 x 2.5cm.

LOUIS WAIN (BRITISH, 1860-1939)Animals ice skating signed 'Louis Wain' (lower right) pen and ink 17.5 x 27.5cm Provenance Private collection, UK

LOUIS WAIN (BRITISH, 1860-1939)Cat portrait signed 'Louis Wain' (lower left) pencil, pen, ink and grey wash 14cm diameter Provenance Private collection, UK

LOUIS WAIN (BRITISH, 1860-1939)Cat playing with a ball signed 'Louis Wain' (lower right) pencil 21.5 x 14.5cm Provenance Private collection, UK

Louis Wain (1860-1939) for Max Emanuel and Co., futuristic cat vase, numbered 5123 to base, incised Louis Wain to legs, 20cm high

Louis Wain (1860-1939) for Max Emanuel & Co., a ceramic cat spill vase c.1914, painted in blue, green and orange, signed 'Louis Wain' and stamped to base, 12.5cm high

An early 20th century Writing Album, leather cover with gilt lettering, the interior pages with Poems, Sayings, Sketches, cartoon sketches dating from 1903 and another early 20th Century "Album" featuring verses, sayings, sketches, thoughts, watercolour after Louis Wain, WWI verses etc (2 albums)

Louis William Wain (1860-1939), Ticket Mistress, watercolour, signed, 24cm x 21cm (Please note condition does not form part of the catalogue description. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view and a condition report is not already available, please ask for one and it will be provided in writing).

Louis William Wain (1860-1939) ’Are We Downhearted? No!’, watercolour, signed, 34cm x 22.5cm. Provenance: Fine Art Society, New Bond Street, London, labelled verso. Catalogue no. 16676/3 February 1972 (Please note condition does not form part of the catalogue description. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view and a condition report is not already available, please ask for one and it will be provided in writing).

Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939): An original Louis Wain mixed media artwork painting depicting a classic Louis cat reading a book with a startled expression, signed Lower Left "LOUIS WAIN" and approx 17.5cm x 22.5cm (Comes with Provenance from current owner which reads: "Daphnes' parents worked in a mental hospital in St Alban's, Hertfordshire. Louis Wain was a patient there for some years. Towards the end of his life, he was moved into a London Hospital where he subsequently died. The paintings were given either to her parents and then inherited by Daphne, or given directly to her, it's impossible to say, Daphne would have been a very young person or child at the time, I think they would have appealed to a child. In either case, they were in Daphne's possession for many, many, years when she died this summer at 92 years of age. The paintings were specifically bequeathed to me in her will.")

Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939): An original Louis Wain mixed media artwork painting depicting a classic Louis cat holding an ink pen signed Lower Right "LOUIS WAIN" approx 17.5cm x 22.5cm (Comes with Provenance from current owner which reads: "Daphnes' parents worked in a mental hospital in St Alban's, Hertfordshire. Louis Wain was a patient there for some years. Towards the end of his life, he was moved into a London Hospital where he subsequently died. The paintings were given either to her parents and then inherited by Daphne, or given directly to her, it's impossible to say, Daphne would have been a very young person or child at the time, I think they would have appealed to a child. In either case, they were in Daphne's possession for many, many, years when she died this summer at 92 years of age. The paintings were specifically bequeathed to me in her will.")

A Cats Chorus, after Louis Wain, coloured Edwardian Print, 41cm x 97cm, in glazed frame

Louis Wain (1860-1939), a collection of eleven vintage hand-coloured humorous 'cat' prints, all framed and glazed, including “He broke his tooth, and it was dreadful’, 24cm x 17cm, and ‘A surprise drenching’, 10cm x 14cm (11)

After Louis Wain, 'The Good Puss'; 'The Naughty Puss', a pair, colour prints, 45.5 x 69.5cm. (2)

LOUIS WAIN: 'Days in Cat Land': facsimile edition, pub. R Shackman, Hong Kong, 1991: together with a small carton of misc. other juvenile books. (Box)

POSTCARDS: LOUIS WAIN: group of 9 postcards, comic cat designs by Louis Wain and similar. (9)

RODNEY DALE: LOUIS WAIN - THE MAN WHO DREW CATS, London, William kimber, 1968, First edition. Some staining to lower edge

GREETINGS CARDS. An album containing a good collection of approximately 160 greetings cards, scraps and other ephemera, including chromolithographed, calendars, novelty and articulated examples as well as a few by Louis Wain.

A collection of 14 postcards by Louis Wain, all featuring cats.

A collection of approximately 142 postcard featuring wild and domestic animals, including two by Louis Wain, and others by Harry Payne and Roland Green.

A collection of approximately 350 artist postcards, including postcards by Louis Wain, Willebeek Le Mair, Mabel Lucie Attwell, Rene Cloke, Studdy, Sybil Barham, Molly Brett, Flora White and others.

After David Shepherd (1931-2017), Muffling Pups, print, 47cm x 59cm; after Louis Wain (1860-1939), What We Are About To Receive; horse racing print; another similar (4)

A 1930s print titled 'The Happy Pair' by Louis Wain. Framed and glazed, H44cm x 30cm.

After Louis Wain (1860-1939) "The Naughty Puss" Coloured Print 69cm x 45cm (image size)

An album containing approximately 240 postcards, antique and later examples including Louis Wain, humorous postcards, etc.

Rudyard Kipling, 'Just So Stories for Little Children', hardback Macmillan and Co 1902, together with Father Tuck's postcard painting book by Louis Wain. (2)

Louis Wain for Paragon trio, comprising cup 'Going to Market', saucer 'Off for a ride' and side plate 'In the Park'

AFTER LOUIS WAIN (1860-1939), PENCIL DRAWING, EARLY / MID 20TH CENTURY depicting two cats seated having a conversation, reads SHE: "DO YOU LOVE ME FOR MYSELF ALONE?" HE: "OF COURSE I DO, BUT YOU'VE SUCH A LOT OF LOVELY MONEY, I KEEP THINKING OF ALL THE LOVELY THINGS I COULD BUY YOU!", signed Louis Wain lower left, on card and unframed25.5cm x 20.5cm overall

A late Victorian Minton charger, decorated with Louis Wain type transfer printed anthromorphic cats, 38cm diam  c.1900; three Louis Wain prints, framed  (4)

A framed and mounted watercolour depicting The Rope Bridge Kashmir, a Watercolour of a cat ready for tennis after Louis Wain and a charcoal picture of a country landscape, unsigned.

An album of approximately seventy early 20th century greetings cards, cats and other subjects, including Louis Wain ' The Swing' etc

Morley (Charles) and Wain (Louis) Peter, A Cat o' One Tail. Card bound, published 1892, 25 x 19cm 

Louis Wain - Max Emanuel & Co - A ceramic 'Lucky Pig' spill vase circa 1914, painted marks and impressed Made In England Reg No.638370, height 12cm.

Victorian and early 20thC Scrap Albums, 6 albums (including one with a Louis Wain cover) containing a mix of scraps, advertisements, greetings cards etc. Subjects include Scouts, Military, humour, fashion, sportsmen, advertising etc. (albums mostly fair, contents gen gd)

Greetings Cards, Tucks, approx. 65 cards to include movable, pierced, embossed, die-cut, glitter, silk etc. Subjects include Louis Wain (1), Father Christmas (1), RAF, Valentine, post box, birds, cats, motoring, cats, animal and more. An exceptional collection (gd)

An early-20th century postcard album, containing mostly Scottish East Coast views, alongside four humorous anthropomorphic cat cards by Louis Wain, with others of steamships, London streets etc. Condition Report:Available upon request

Wain (Louis), LOUIS WAIN’S FATHER CHRISTMAS, first edition, illustrated card boards, cloth spine, tipped in colour frontispiece, two further tipped in colour plates, monochrome illustrations throughout, brown ink inscription dated Christmas 1913 to front free endpaper, John F Shaw & Co Ltd, London c1913 (at fault) CONDITION REPORT:The front and back boards are somewhat distorted, curving in different directions.  The top right corner of the front board shows some discolouration.  All edges show chips and scuffs.  Cloth spine is intact but stained.  Split to binding at front and back boards leaving front free endpaper half detached.  Binding somewhat loose throughout.  All pages show some age-related darkening.  Some also show foxing (most notable on title page), staining and finger marks.

After Harden Sidney Melville, 1824-1894, horses logging, oil on canvas, 50 x 75cm, together with a print after Louis Wain (2)