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Seaside Joys

Drawing
ca.1900-1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

for a picture postcard, showing kittens playing on a beach, being photographed by a cat. Two of the kittens are sitting inside sand castles. In the background is a boat.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSeaside Joys (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Indian ink, watercolour and gouache on toned paper
Brief description
'Seaside Joys'. Design for a picture postcard, showing kittens playing on a beach. Drawing by Louis Waint, produced for Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., ca.1900-1910.
Physical description
for a picture postcard, showing kittens playing on a beach, being photographed by a cat. Two of the kittens are sitting inside sand castles. In the background is a boat.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33cm
  • Width: 48.9cm
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)
  • (Inscribed on the back in another hand 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.29-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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