Louis Wain Portrait Of A Scowling Cat

Louis Wain Portrait Of A Scowling CatLouis William Wain 1860 1939. British School early 20th. Century red crayon drawing. Portrait of a scowling cat. 11. 8 by 15. 8 cms. Provenance: From the collection of comedian Michael Bentine 1922 1996. Wain was an English artist best known for his drawings, which consistently featured anthropomorphised large eyed cats and kittens. Later in life, he was confined to mental asylums and struggled with mental illness.

The aim of the publishing association was to develop a stylistically independent fashion centre in Germany and thus to become independent of the dominant Parisian Fashion houses

Charles Sargeant Jagger MC A

pencil and wash drawing on wove paper laid onto backing mount some slight age discoloration

22 by 16 x 22 cms

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Was a grocer in Maldon in Essex known as the "Fat man of Maldon" reputed to be at his death to be the "fattest man in England" at 43

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He later served as Director of the National Gallery from 1894-1904

English school early 18th

he studied under Sir Benjamin West at the Royal Academy Schools and in 1782 he began exhibiting at the Royal Academy