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Funiculi Funicula

Drawing
ca.1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing showing a tabby cat, with orange and blue stripes, playing a banjo.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFuniculi Funicula (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
India ink and watercolour
Brief description
'Funiculi Funicula'. Drawing by Louis Wain for an illustration, or a design for a picture postcard, showing a tabby cat playing a banjo. Produced for Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., ca.1920.
Physical description
Drawing showing a tabby cat, with orange and blue stripes, playing a banjo.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.8cm
  • Width: 17.8cm
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 of the mount 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.23-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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