11/14/2024
Afternoon tea vintage greeting card by Louis Wain (1860-1939).
Louis Wain was an English artist best known for his drawings, which consistently featured anthropomorphised large-eyed cats and kittens. Wain was a prolific artist, sometimes producing as many as several hundred drawings a year. Between 1895 and 1905, over forty books illustrated by Wain were published, along with postcards, miniatures and related keepsakes. He illustrated about one hundred children's books, and his work appeared in papers, journals, and magazines, including the Louis Wain Annual, which ran from 1901 to 1915. In 1898 and 1911 he was chairman of the National Cat Club. His work is highly sought after by collectors today.