Louis Wain cats

Louis Wain (1860 – 1939) was an English artist best known for his mostly anthropomorphic cat drawings and paintings. His devotion to the subject started when his wife Emily became ill with breast cancer. During her illness, Emily was comforted by their pet cat Peter, a stray black and white kitten they had rescued after hearing him mewing in the rain one night. Emily's spirits were greatly lifted by Peter, and Louis began to draw extensive sketches of him, which Emily strongly encouraged him to have published. He later wrote of Peter, "To him, properly, belongs the foundation of my career".