Louis William WAIN (1860-1939) Artwork for the 1915 Annual Pencil with ink and a little white heightening, signed twice, 34x26cm and 49x40cm overallThis piece has not been examined out of the frame, and appears to be in good condition. The glazing however, has a large crack spanning from the top to the bottom of the frame.
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Postcards, Wain, 6 anthropomorphic illustrated cards of cats by Louis Wain inc. 'I am quite upset', 'How silly of ....' (wtf), 'We are getting quite attached' (trimmed), 'For the moment it ....' (wtf), cat portrait 'Grace', and cat fishing (wtf). 4 cards are published by Tuck in their Write Away series (mixed condition)
Collection of postcards inc Coaley Junction-Dursely, South Hayling and Blackwell Darlington railway stations, Dragoon Guards Preston Barracks, Skylark Brighton, Louis Wain, O.W.S. 1915 football team, Halstead Post Office, various Scilly and Shoreham, Col. W.W. Wiggin Cloutsham Ball hunt meet, etc.
An Orange Album of Mixed Subjects. Approx 410 cards this time. Early comic cards with Lance Thackaray (8), Hassall (8), Addled Adds (9), Tom Browne (43) and Louis Wain (5). Then a randon mix of Hotels, Exhibitions, Heraldic and Advertising including Motoring. Tea Plantations, Tall People, Bookmarks and Miniatures. Viewing essential
A Brown Album Containing over 225 Postcards, all of a comic or artist drawn nature and mainly earlier / pre 1920. Artists include Cynicus, (4), Mabel Lucy Attwell (4), Tom Browne (30), Reg Carter, Donald McGill (11), Agnes Richardson (13) Lance Thackaray (3) and a good Louis Wain of Frogs playing Rugby. A wide variety of subjects covered and predominantly clean throughout.
* Wain (Louis, 1860-1939). Studies of a Terrier, original pen, ink and watercolour, depicting a terrier's head with four different expressions, two scratches to the paper, one through the ear and neck of the second head, the other just touching the back of the third head, signed lower left, mount aperture 7 x 31 cm, framed and glazed (18 x 41 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Purchased from Bloomsbury Auction House on the 15th December 2011 in Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Works on Paper, lot 696.
A large Louis Wain chromolithographic Christmas dog and cat print, featuring three pugs, a King Charles spaniel, basset hound, a border collie and other terriers all staring at a white kitten who is sat under the mistletoe, signed and recently framed, circa 1900 --43 1/2in (110cm) wide (tear to bottom right corner and under front pugs foot)
WAIN, Louis (illustrations). 'With Louis Wain to Fairyland, Described by Nora Chesson,' Original chromo illustrated boards with cloth spine strip, some slight staining to board edges, slim folio, illustrated title, twelve full-page chromolithograph illustrations, numerous vignette illustrations, some toning to leaves as expected, a very good copy, Raphael Tuck & Sons, London, [1904]; With a very good copy of 'Louis Wain's Children Book', with a charming tipped in letter. (2)
Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)Macatiavelli indistinctly signed 'Louis Wain' (lower right)coloured pencil on paper24.5 x 34.5cm (9 5/8 x 13 9/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd, where acquired by the present owner, December 1987Private Collection, U.K.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)Surprise! signed 'Louis Wain.' (lower left)gouache on paper35 x 24.5cm (13 3/4 x 9 5/8in).Footnotes:ExhibitedLondon, Chris Beetles Gallery, Louis Wain (1860-1939), 17-30 August 1991, no. 40LiteratureR. Dale, Louis Wain, The Man Who Drew Cats, Chris Beetles Ltd, 2000, illustratedFilmThe Electrical Life of Louis Wain, 2022, directed by W. Sharpe, Shoebox Films, SunnyMarch, StudioCanal, Film 4 and Amazon Studios, illustrated in end creditsFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)I've Bought Him - He's My Pet signed 'Lous Wain.' (lower left)watercolour and gouache on paper27 x 17cm (10 5/8 x 6 11/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Chris Beetles Gallery, LondonPrivate Collection, U.K.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)Pirate Pussies signed 'Louis Wain.' (lower left)gouache on paper31 x 24cm (12 3/16 x 9 7/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd., where acquired by the present owner, December 1987Private Collection, U.K.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)One Over the Eight signed and inscribed 'Louis Wain/Mighty Strong Milk' (lower left)pencil, pen and ink, gouache and wash on paper31 x 26cm (12 3/16 x 10 1/4in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Chris Beetles Gallery, LondonPrivate Collection, U.K.ExhibitedLondon, Chris Beetles Gallery, The British Art of Illustration 1800-1994, 1994For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)Weeping Cat signed 'Louis Wain.' (lower right)pen and ink and ink on paper35 x 23cm (13 3/4 x 9 1/16in).Footnotes:LiteratureR. Dale, Louis Wain, The Man Who Drew Cats, Chris Beeetles Ltd, London, 2000, p. 91, illustratedFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)Jack's Rude Awakening signed 'Louis Wain.' (centre right), inscribed 'Jack Doggy always took his/forty winks in the morning after/his run out + his mistress put/the alarm clock on to wake him/up at 10 minutes to twelve/to go out/with her,/and/when the alarm went off Jack/doggy woke up in the middle/of a nice dream. He was so wild/with the alarm clock that he barked/+ barked at it till he stopped/it ringing.' (lower right)pen and ink on paper22 x 18cm (8 11/16 x 7 1/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Chris Beetles Gallery, LondonPrivate Collection, U.K.ExhibitedLondon, Chris Beetles Gallery, Louis Wain, 24 August-11 September 1992, no. 84For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)An Alert Tabby signed 'Louis Wain.' (lower right)watercolour and gouache on paper28 x 17cm (11 x 6 11/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Chris Beetles Gallery, LondonPrivate Collection, U.K.ExhibitedLondon, Chris Beetles Gallery, Louis Wain, 24 August-11 September 1992, no. 94For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)Bedtime signed 'Louis Wain' (lower left); further signed and inscribed with Artist's address 'Louis Wain/Bendigo/Westgate on Sea/Kent' (on sheet verso)watercolour on paper33 x 24.5cm (13 x 9 5/8in).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Susan Herbert (British, 1945-2014)Mr. John Ruskin (after Millais) signed 'Susan L Herbert' (lower right); twice titled and inscribed 'RUSKIN - (MILLAIS)/from Diary of a Victorian Cat/29. RUSKIN (MILLAIS)' (on sheet verso)'gouache on paper38.5 x 32.5cm (15 3/16 x 12 13/16in).together with a further gouache on paper, Mrs. Siddons (after Gainsborough), by the same hand(2)Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Chris Beetles Gallery, LondonPrivate Collection, U.K.ExhibitedLondon, Chris Beetles Gallery, Louis Wain & The Summer Cat Show, August 1998, nos. 143 and 156LiteratureS. Herbert, Diary of a Victorian Cat, Thames & Hudson, London, 1991, p. 63This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Susan Herbert (British, 1945-2014)Faust Act III - Mephistopheles Watching Faust with Marguerite signed 'Susan Herbert' (lower right)gouache on paper34.5 x 26.5cm (13 9/16 x 10 7/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Chris Beetles Gallery, LondonPrivate Collection, U.K.ExhibitedLondon, Chris Beetles Gallery, Louis Wain and the Summer Cat Show, August 1998LiteratureS. Herbert, Opera Cats, Thames & Hudson, London, 1997, p. 55This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Postcards, Tuck, a selection in modern album of approx. 101 Tuck published cards arranged in numerical order by Tuck series numbers. Includes a few glamour, children, Art Nouveau designs, animals, dogs, cats, monkeys (Boulanger), donkeys, wild, Shakespeare comic; Louis Wain 3 series 956, 2 series 957 (5) etc. (mixed condition)
Postcards, Tuck, a good collection of approx. 146 Tuck published cards in modern album, cards arranged in series order. Includes Louis Wain 'Powis Pinder in Iolanthe'; children, London Life series 612 set of 6; Kings and Queens of England and Rulers of England (35); English Cathedrals, G.E Shepheard (8), Dutch series, New York Art Nouveau inc. Gems of Beauty (6); dogs, horses, characters from Dickens (kyd) (11), many good chromos (mixed condition)
Postcards, Louis Wain, a selection of 5 Tuck published cards of anthropomorphic cats illustrated by Louis Wain in the Write Away series 1003 inc. 'I am Hurrying ' (wtf), 'I am quite prepared' (wtf), 'I Expect' (age toning), 'When this meets your eye' (unused, gd), and 'It was quite pleasant' (wtf) (mixed condition)
Postcards, Cats, a Louis Wain selection of 6 cards inc. 3 from the 'Fortune Telling' Tuck published Humorous series no. 6075 (3/6) (all with minor faults). Also Davidson Bros series 6092 (2) and 6091 'Your always smoking I'm sick of it', 'The Fisherman's dream', 'Tomorrow will be Friday we've caught rheumatism today' (minor foxing o/w gd)
Postcards, Tuck, a good subject selection of approx. 114 Tuck published cards in modern album and arranged in series order, includes children's stories (Cinderella), Louis Wain (possible set of 6) series 539, characters from Dickens (kyd)(12), the revised Language of Flowers series 1 (set of 6), good Art Nouveau glamour, set of 6 Daydreams, many children, romance and chromos (mixed condition, a few with wtf)
Louis Wain (1860-1939), 'The family likeness - their father's eyes, nose and markings I admit but look at their brains that is where I come in', pen and ink, 24cm x 18cm, unsignedProvenance: Chris Beetles Ltd, English Watercolours, London, gallery label verso (Please note condition is not noted. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).
Louis Wain (1860-1939), 'My intentions are ah don't smile', coloured crayon, signed and titled, 21.5cm x 16.5cmProvenance: Chris Beetles Ltd, English Watercolours, London, and inscribed to a label verso 'originally given by Louis Wain as a patient to the psychiatrist who was treating him' (Please note condition is not noted. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).

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