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![WAIN, Louis, Cats. Folio, Sands & Company [1901]. Versed by 'Grimalkin'. 48pp. Blue pictorial covers.With Louis Wain's Summer](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ca904950-7e39-47b7-aeb7-b03501746e56/c37b2e19-8f6b-412f-ac17-b0af010cb84b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 351
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1905, 50 tipped-in colour plates, some light spotting & marginal toning, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine slight faded & rubbed to head & foot, small mark to the rear board, 8voArthur Rackham's Book of Pictures, 1st edition, 1913, 44 tipped-in colour plates, previous owner inscription to the front pastedown, some light spotting & toning, original gilt decorated grey cloth, some minor rubbing to the head & foot of the spine, 8vo, together with:Goble (Warwick, illustrator), Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales, by Grace James, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1910, 40 tipped-in colour illustrations, some minor toning, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voThe Water-Babies, a fairy tale for a land-baby, by Charles Kingsley, 1909, 32 tipped-in colour plates, some minor marginal toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine faded & rubbed with a tear to the head, 8vo, plusHarrison (Florence), Poems, by Christina Rossetti, London: Blackie and Son, circa 1910, 36 colour tipped-in plates & 34 monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated white cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed & toned, 8voFairy Poems of William Morris, 1914, 16 tipped-in colour plates & 12 monochrome illustrations, some light spotting & toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other illustrated literature, including works by René Bull, Louis Wain, W. Heath Robinson, Kay Nielsen, Edward Lear, all original cloth, 8vo/4toQTY: (33)
Lot 464
An album of early-20th century postcards to include examples illustrated by Louis Wain, with others on a feline theme, celebrity photographic portraits etc., together with a selection of PG Tips and Brooke Bond Tea collectors' cards, to include the Power of the Pyramids and International Soccer Stars series Condition Report:Available upon request
Lot 130
Postcards. A collection to include 48 Felix the Cat postcards, 1920s; 127 European & Alpine views, early-20thC; several cats, including one by Louis Wain, and others, including a small quantity of modern reproductions of advertising cards. Approximately 210 postcards arranged in three modern albums (3)
Lot 399
A BOX AND LOOSE BIRD CAGE, LOUIS WAIN PRINTS AND CAST IRON HOOKS, comprising a brass bird cage with perch and swing, total height 60cm approximately, five framed prints after Louis Wain: 'Many Hands Make Light Work', 'A Sweet Lump of Sugar' (creases to print) and three others - one double sided, together with a box of five cast iron hooks in the forms of birds (1 box + loose) (sd)
Lot 95
Louis Wain (British 1860-1939) To Be Let Unfurnished signed (lower right), pen, ink, watercolour, gouache and pencil on wove paper on Artist's prepared board Dimensions:51.7cm x 72.5cm (20 3/8in x 28 1/2in) Provenance:ProvenancePrivate Collection, UK by 1915 and by family descent to the current owner. Note: For the Love of Cats: Works by Louis Wain "He has made the cat his own. He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world. English cats that do not look and live like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves."H.G. Wells, 1925 In turn of the century Britain, the illustrations of Louis Wain were virtually inescapable. His world of anthropomorphised cats was so popular that there was demand for an annual, which ran from 1902 until 1921. He wrote and illustrated more than 100 children’s books over the course of his lifetime. Wain was additionally a recognised expert on the domestic cat and was elected President and Chairman of the National Cat Club.As well as being thoroughly charming and skilfully executed, collectors are enthralled by the fact Wain’s art seems to deeply channel the eccentricities of the man himself. His life story is a bizarre and, in many ways, tragic one. It is perhaps unsurprising that it was recently dramatized on the big screen in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021), starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Wain.When his father died in 1880, Wain became the sole provider for his mother and five sisters. He was then tragically widowed after just three years of marriage in 1887. He and his remaining family lived together in Kent for much of his adult life. Despite great success as an illustrator over several decades, money was always short, spread across the large household. He was unable to secure much by way of copyright income and so did not receive royalties when his images were later widely reproduced. This subsequently led to the straitened circumstances he lived in when his health later failed.After a three-year period living and working in New York, Wain returned to the family fold in 1910. Despite having been the creator of ubiquitous imagery for so long, by 1917 demand for his work fell away. Sadly, Wain was committed to a pauper’s asylum in South London in 1924, having been certified insane by his sisters. It has been speculated that he suffered from schizophrenia, though issues may also have been triggered by a serious head injury sustained after falling from an omnibus in 1914. Wain would spend the final 15 years of his life in hospital.When it was discovered what had become of him, a fund was set up to raise money for Waint and his family. Ramsey MacDonald, the prime minister at the time, even arranged pensions for Wain’s sisters in recognition of their brother’s contribution to the arts. Wain himself was subsequently able to move to more comfortable housing in Bethlem Royal Hospital.Wain continued working throughout his final years, famously producing fascinatingly intricate and esoteric images of cats in bright colours and swirling patterns. They have been viewed as precursors to ‘psychedelic art’ and indeed were unlike anything else of the period: spectacular and peculiar in equal measure.The works offered here are from the peak of this unique artist’s career and are amongst some of the finest examples to have appeared on the market for some years. Hockey, c.1904, depicts a ferociously competitive cat hockey match with the viewer plunged into the thick of the action. It is one of Wain’s most recognisable and popular images, having been one of the widest published postcards of 1904-05. To Be Let Unfurnished is another fantastic example of Wain’s talent as a world builder: each cat has a sense of its own character, its individual plotline unfolding. The attention to detail is so involved, the characterisation so well observed, that it is easy to see why the nation took Wain’s imagery to their hearts and why his cause was taken up so generously when news of his sad fate reached society’s ears. Both works have been in the same family collection since at least as early as 1915 and it is with great pleasure that Lyon & Turnbull presents them to the market now, having been unseen by the general public for over 100 years.
Lot 96
Louis Wain (British 1860-1939) Hockey, circa 1904signed (lower left), pen, ink, watercolour, gouache and pencil on wove paper on Artist's prepared board42cm x 71.5cm (16 1/2in x 28 1/8in) For the Love of Cats: Works by Louis Wain "He has made the cat his own. He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world. English cats that do not look and live like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves."H.G. Wells, 1925 In turn of the century Britain, the illustrations of Louis Wain were virtually inescapable. His world of anthropomorphised cats was so popular that there was demand for an annual, which ran from 1902 until 1921. He wrote and illustrated over 100 children’s books over the course of his lifetime. Wain was additionally a recognised expert on the domestic cat and was elected president and chairman of the National Cat Club.As well as being thoroughly charming and skilfully executed, collectors are enthralled by the fact Wain’s art seems to deeply channel the eccentricities of the man himself. His life story is a bizarre and, in many ways, tragic one. It is perhaps unsurprising that it was recently dramatized on the big screen in ‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’ (2021), starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Wain.When his father died in 1880 Wain became the sole provider for his mother and five sisters. He was then tragically widowed after just three years of marriage in 1887. He and his remaining family lived together in Kent for much of his adult life. Despite his great success as an illustrator over several decades, money was always short, spread across the large household. He was unable to secure much by way of copyright income and so did not receive royalties when his images were later widely reproduced. This subsequently led to the straitened circumstances he lived in when his health later failed.After a three-year period living and working in New York, Wain returned to the family fold in 1910. Despite having been the creator of such ubiquitous imagery for so long, by 1917 demand for his work fell away. Sadly, Wain was committed to a pauper’s asylum in South London in 1924, having been certified insane by his sisters. It has been speculated that he suffered from schizophrenia, though issues may also have been triggered by a serious head injury sustained after falling from an omnibus in 1914. Wain would spend the final 15 years of his life in hospital.When it was discovered what had become of him, a fund was set up to raise money for him and his family. Ramsey MacDonald, the prime minister at the time, even arranged pensions for Wain’s sisters in recognition to of their brother’s contribution to the arts. Wain himself was subsequently able to move to more comfortable housing in Bethlem hospital.Wain continued working throughout his final years, famously producing fascinatingly intricate and esoteric images of cats in bright colours and swirling patterns. They have been viewed as precursors to ‘psychedelic art’, and indeed were unlike anything else of the period: spectacular and peculiar in equal measure.The works offered here are from the peak of this unique artist’s career and are amongst some of the finest examples to have appeared on the market for some years. ‘Hockey’, c.1904, depicts a ferociously competitive cat hockey match with the viewer plunged into the thick of the action. It is one of Wain’s most recognisable and popular images, having been one of the most widely published postcards of 1904-05. ‘To Be Let Unfurnished’ is another fantastic example of Wain’s talent as a world builder: each cat has a sense of its own character, its individual plotline unfolding. The attention to detail is so involved, the characterisation so well observed, it is easy to see why the nation took his imagery to their hearts, and why his cause was taken up so generously when news of his sad fate reached society’s ears. Both works have been in the same family’s collection since at least as early as 1915, and it is with great pleasure that Lyon & Turnbull present them to the market now, having been unseen by the general public for over 100 years.
Lot 306
Edwardian postcard album including topographical, military, humorous, transport, horse drawn tram, Jersey, Derby Castle, numerous Isle of Man including steamer, Cheltenham, Dumbleton High Street with figures, three Louis Wain cat cards, two series of Broadway cards including Rodborough, Amberley, Bear Inn and Woodchester, Series of Franco- British Exhibition 1908 etc, approximately 220 cards
Lot 380
REGINALD ERNEST ARNOLD (1853–1938) 'ARIEL' 1911 pen & ink, watercolour, inscribed, signed and dated lower right REG E. ARNOLD/ 1911 18cm x 13cm (frame 28cm x 22.5cm); together with CHRIS G. TEMPLE 'WILL-O'-THE-WISP' pen & ink, watercolour, signed lower right CHRIS G. TEMPLE, 15cm diameter (frame 31.5 x 26cm) Note: Note: Chris G. Temple was a prolific illustrator of children's books in the 1930s and collaborated with, amongst others, Louis Wain.
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