We won't go home till morning
(1900-1910)
- Medium
- pen and ink over pencil
- Measurements
- 46.6 × 30.9 cm (sheet)
- Place/s of Execution
- London, England
- Inscription
- inscribed in pen and ink (in image) l.r.: Louis Wain.
- Accession Number
- 337A-4
- Department
- International Prints and Drawings
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1935
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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The career and life of the celebrated nineteenth-century English illustrator Louis Wain revolved around his drawings of cats, particularly his anthropomorphic satires of human behaviour, such as We won’t go home till morning. This dancing cat is happily embarking on a night out on the town, which will probably not end well. The work of many creative artists and illustrators is based on observation and a grain of truth. Wain seamlessly transposed the hundreds of life drawings he made of his cats into anthropomorphic gems, and, later in his life, dazzling fantastical images. The popularity of Wain’s work saw him elected as the second president of the National Cat Club in England, and he was a regular judge at cat shows.
- Subjects (general)
- Animals Humour and Satire
- Subjects (specific)
- cartoons (humorous images) dancing (activity) domestic cat (species) metaphor walking sticks
