Lot 834 , Louis Wain (1860-1939) What Tax Mousetraps? and Tompones Singing Lessons 15.5 x 11.5in. and 12.5 x 8.5in.

Louis Wain (1860-1939)
2 pen and ink drawings
'What Tax Mousetraps?' and 'Tompones Singing Lessons'
one signed
15.5 x 11.5in. and 12.5 x 8.5in.
Estimate £400-600

Tax Mousetraps - ink on buff coloured paper showing some scuffing and creasing particularly down the right hand side and a few small scattered dirt marks, inscribed in pencil across the bottom with the title, housed in a recent plain wood effect frame, with some small nicks around the edges.
Singing Lessons - similar condition, a rub or scratch marks showing just above the book on the left hand side, some short crease marks scattered throughout and some pencil lines across the bottom, similarly framed.
Acquired as part of a lot from Bonhams.


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Sold for £2,500