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By Road & Rail in Catland with Louis Wain

Drawing
ca.1905 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A design for a book cover, showing a car-load of cats, and in the background cats travelling by train.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBy Road & Rail in Catland with Louis Wain (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Indian ink, watercolour and gouache, varnished on toned paper
Brief description
'By Road & Rail in Catland with Louis Wain'. A design for a book cover, showing a car-load of cats, and in the background cats travelling by train. Drawing by Louis Wain, produced for Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., ca.1905.
Physical description
A design for a book cover, showing a car-load of cats, and in the background cats travelling by train.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.6cm
  • Width: 44.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Louis Wain' (Signed)
  • (Lettered with title)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.33-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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