The Holiday Train

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Artist/Maker	Wain, Louis William (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

A design for a book cover, showing cats and kittens catching a train to the seaside.

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Categories	Drawings Illustration
Object type	Drawing
Title	The Holiday Train (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Indian ink, watercolour and gouache, varnished on toned paper Gouache Watercolour Indian Ink Toned Paper Drawing Varnishing
Brief description	'The Holiday Train'. Design for a book cover, showing cats and kittens catching a train to the seaside. Drawing by Louis Wain, produced for Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., ca.1900-1910.
Physical description	A design for a book cover, showing cats and kittens catching a train to the seaside.
Dimensions	Height: 34.6cm Width: 43.5cm 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) 'Painting Book by Louis Wain' (Lettered with title etc. and)
Subjects depicted	Train Cats Kittens
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.32-1962

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O701932/the-holiday-train-drawing-wain-louis-william/

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