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Louis Wain - 'Oriental Cat Pattern with Round Eyes'

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frippp: Appears in Chris Beetles' 1986 exhibition catalogue: (Dimensions given with height first)

The Eight 'Kaleidoscope' pictures on loan from the Bethlem Royal Hospital, catalogued by Patricia Allderidge.

General note: These pictures have been shown together in one amount for many years and were presumably arranged like this by Dr Maclay. Although it is known that he found 'some' pictures by Louis Wain in a shop in Camden Hill it is not certain how many of these were included, and nothing is known of their origin or when any of them were painted. The order in which they are seen here is entirely artificial.

103. ORIENTAL CAT PATTERN WITH ROUND EYES
Bodycolour on paper
8 7/8" x 6 7/8"
The three bodycolour designs, and to a lesser extent the two in coloured pencil, are reminiscent of late nineteenth century textile designs. Wain's grandfather had been a silk manufacturer, his father was a traveller for a firm of drapers, and his mother designed church fabrics, so this association is probably not fanciful.