Louis Wain & The Summer Cat Show 2007

18 August - 8 September 2007

The annual spectacular with the world’s largest display of cat imagery on show

The exhibition centers on more than 100 fine paintings and drawings by Louis Wain (1860-1939). Chris Beetles is the principal dealer of this celebrated Edwardian artist who invented a wacky world of cats engaged in human activities such as golf, ice skating, fishing and dancing. Also included in the show will be work by celebrated gallery artists Lesley Fotherby, Leslie Anne Ivory, and Geraldine Girvan.

Monday - Saturday, 10am - 5.30 pm

For further details on each picture, please click on the images or their titles

THE BANGED DOOR GETTING MY SKATES ON BROUGHT A TEAR TO HIS EYE
THE MOUSE'S REVENGE WHO GOES THERE? SKATING ON THIN ICE
I WONDER WHY GIVE ME THE MONEY FOR ANOTHER DRESS HARRY
WHAT? FASHIONS ARE OUT OF DATE!
ARE THEY. WHAT DOES YOUR TAILOR SAY? PETER THE CAT
SNOWBALLING LAW IN ACTION TALLY-HO !
WHEN SUDDENLY THE LECTURE PLATFORM BECAME TOO HOT TO HOLD HIM THE DEBUTANTE
HER FIRST SEASON THE GHOST STORY
IF I'M NOT CAREFUL SIS I WILL MARRY HIM BEFORE I DIE.
I AM NOT SUCH A FOOL AS I LOOK. ASTONISHED BE DAD AN' WE'LL LOVE YER!
T P O'CONNOR TO A BIRRELL: 'CHOOSE YOUR STICK AND BE ONE OF US'
CATASTROPHIES ARE 'OFF' IN 1902
TAKE CARE HOW YOU STEP INTO THE NEW YEAR. DECEMBER IS RATHER A TRYING MONTH TO GET THROUGH, WHAT WITH XMAS, AND NEW YEAR'S EVE. MAN AND HIS MASTER
SHE: 'WHAT AN AWFULLY PRETTY GIRL!'
HE: 'AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS, EH?' ONE EYE ON YOU
THE QUACK DOCTOR
'THIS LOTION IS A POSITIVE CURE FOR SCRATCHES AND BRUISES. 
IT RESTORES FUR AND ALL OTHER INJURIES AFTER A FIGHT.' PHRENOLOGY
INQUISITIVE CLIENT: 'YOU ARE A GOOD PHRENOLOGIST. NOW, HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT
	FOR THAT LAWN MARK DOWN MY HEAD?'
PHRENOLOGIST: 'ROTTEN ROW, SIR!' CHICKS AND VIOLETS
K. LITTLE KATHLEEN, OUT WITH HER KITE, IT BROKE FROM THE STRING, 
AND FLEW OUT OF SIGHT BLUE TUFTED BIRD AND BEARD IRISES THE PURPLE HERON FROM THE HIGH MOUNTAINS
GINGER FLOWER CAT THE BLUE BOW TIE DROP IN, FISHY!
WATCH OUT FOR TABBY! BE WARY, BE STILL TRIPLETS
A STORY OF NINE LIVES THE VIOLINIST A MAD RUSH
IN THE VINEYARD SLEEPY CAT HE - I WENT TO THE ZOO YESTERDAY
SHE - MY WORD! I WENT THERE TOO LOOKING FOR YOU WHICH CAGE WERE YOU IN?
THE PUTT THE APPROACH THE DRIVE
THE GREEN MY FIRST SPEECH A GAME OF SNOOKER
CARNATION, LILY, LILY, ROSE (JOHN SINGER SARGENT) PSYCHE (WATERHOUSE) FRANCIS DE NANTES (DAVID)
MADAME DE SENONNES (INGRES) ALLEGORY OF LOVE - HAPPY UNION (VERONESE) THE BLESSED DAMOZEL (JOHN LISTON BYAM SHAW)
THE DECLARATION OF LOVE (DE TROY) YOUNG LADIES - DETAIL (CRANACH) QUEEN VICTORIA (WINTERHALTER)
ROSAMUND SARGENT (RAMSAY) TRUST ME (MILLAIS) MRS GARNETT (BARBER)
MADAME DAVID (DAVID) BOY WITH FRUIT (CARAVAGGIO) MARQUISE D'ORVILLIERS (DAVID)
ANNE-MARIE-LOUISE THELUSSON (DAVID) ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE (LEIGHTON) BROKEN VOWS (PHILIP HERMOGENES CALDERON)
THE HOURS (BURNE JONES) THE CORONATION OF NAPOLEON - DETAIL (DAVID) CECILE BOCHET (INGRES)
NAPOLEON I ON HIS IMPERIAL THRONE (INGRES) THE SONNET (WILLIAM MULREADY) THE FOUR CHILDREN OF MARIA THERESA (ZOFFANY)
MONSIEUR LAVOISIER AND HIS WIFE (DAVID) THE EXECUTION OF LADY JANE GREY (DELAROCHE) PORTRAIT OF A LADY, POSSIBLY CATHERINE HOWARD (HOLBEIN)
THE MANX BROTHERS FERRARI RENAULT (CASABLANCA)
HARLOW STAN AND OLLIE SADIE THOMPSON
MADAME MOITESSIER (INGRES) TRANSFIGURATION MISTRESS AND MAID (VERMEER)
IMMOLATION
ADA THE FAMILY OF NICHOLAS II THE BOW OF THE GALADHRIM
'....SO SMALL A THING' 'THROW IT IN THE FIRE!' MIDDLE EARTH (STING)
'HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID' ST ANNE WITH PATRON SAINTS APPLE BLOSSOMS
CANZONETTA SU L'ARIA LE NOZZE DI FIGARO VICKY VANITY
LOVE LOCKED OUT VALENTINO GARBO
WE, WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE THE SCREAM THE GARDEN COURT
THE REV ROBERT WALKER SKATING TO BE THUS IS NOTHING; BUT TO BE SAFELY THUS TABLEAU
REGINA ORLANDO CALLED THE NURSES WHO CLUSTERED AROUND THE CATS WOMAN IN A GARDEN SPRINGTIME (MONET)
INGE ODETTE LA FILLE MAL GARDEE
THIS PATIENT, GRACE REMINDED ORLANDO AS THEY APPROACHED 
FROM THE FOURTH BED, IS SUFFERING FROM A BROKEN HEART THE TASTER ARRIVED. HE WAS A NICE BOY, THOUGH ORLANDO THOUGHT HE 
LOOKED AS IF BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN HIS MOUTH HOLLYWOOD CHIC
DECO ELEGANCE MISS LELIA ROZE JULIET
FIREBIRD GILDA MRS OSWALD (ZOFFANY)
THE KISS (FRANCESCO HAYEZ) ALEXANDRA, PRINCESS OF WALES SELF PORTRAIT (LOUISE ELISABETH VIGEE LE BRUN)
EASTWOOD HO! (HENRY NELSON O'NEIL) JOHN AND BERNARD (LORD JOHN STUART AND LORD BERNARD STUART) - VAN DYCK COUNTESS VARVARA ALEKSEYEVNA MUSINA-PUSHKINA (WINTERHALTER)
ALBERT EDWARD, PRICE OF WALES (WINTERHALTER) ON THE BRINK OF A BRIEF ENCOUNTER SIBELLA
HOW WEARY, STALE, FLAT AND UNPROFITABLE SEEM TO ME 
ALL THE USES OF THIS WORLD CARMEN MIRANDA EDWARD G
GANDALF, THE GREY AND WHITE SUPERCAT THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S GET HAPPY DRACULA
MARIE ANTOINETTE (MARTIN MYTENS) NOW VOYAGER (BETTE DAVIS) NAPOLEON III (WINTERHALTER)
QUEEN VICTORIA WITH PRINCE ARTHUR (WINTERHALTER) PSYCHO SUMMER - TISSOT
SIAMESE AND A BLUE PLATE KITTENS IN AN APPLE TREE CATS AND SHEEP
CHASING BEES WINCEY AND KITTENS ON SHAWL SULEIMAN AND SORAYA WITH CHRYSANTHEMUMS
WEASEL AND LILIES OTTO AND PRIMULAS STUDIES OF BURMESE KITTENS
CATS SALCOMBE cats dragonflies DOSING BY THE PAINT POT
RA-RA CATS IN THE SUN MORNING, FOUR CATS AT THEIR WINDOWS
FOUR WINDOWS AT NIGHTIME MALTEAZER ON MY MOSAIC AFTER THE PICNIC
MINTAKA WITH MIXED HERBS RACHEL'S CAT WITH CAYENNE MOTLEY, PUFF, OCTOPUSSY, AGNEATHA, MINTAKA AND DANDELION
DANDELION AND SMALL TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLIES NOON: RA-RA AMD MU MU IN ROSES AFTERNOON: MU MU AND DANDELION IN FERNS AND PERIWINKLES
DAWN: WITH DANDELION AND AGNEATHA, IN LILIES ABIGAIL'S CAT'S KITTENS ON EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 
CHINESE SILK, QUING DYNASTY PORTRAIT GALLERY
BECKY ON HEXAGONS CATS ALWAYS SEEM ABLE TO FIND THE BEST PLACES TO SETTLE FOR A SNOOZE IF A CAT WASHES OVER ITS EARS RAIN WILL SURELY FOLLOW
CATS ARE A MYSTERIOUS KIND OF FOLK CAT IS A LION IN A JUNGLE OF SMALL BUSHES IT IS SAID 'TIS GREAT GOOD FORTUNE IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH
L IS FOR LAVENDER
WHO ALSO LOVES MINT N IS FOR NORBERT
- TOTALLY ZANY EXIT STAGE LEFT
MOUSE & CAT ON TIGHT ROPE I HATE THE WAY THE CAT PLAYS WITH THE MOUSE WHEN HE CATCHES ONE CAT AND POPPIES
DARK TABBY   

 

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