The world grown odd & crazy
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Description
- Title
- The world grown odd & crazy
- Alternative Title
- World grown odd and crazy
- Creator
- Wilson, George, active 1795-1801, printmaker, artist
- Contributor
- Ashton, Sarah, publisher.
- Published / Created
- enter'd at Stationer's Hall, Aprl. 12th, 1797.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd by Ashton & Co., No. 28, Little Britain
- Abstract
-
An unmounted design for a fan-leaf, with twenty-five numbered designs scattered across the designrepresenting absurd perversions of ordinary life; below the design is a numbered key with a description of each subject; at centre, a circular medallion with lettered inscription and four lines of verse
- Description
-
Title etched in circular medallion at the apex of the design.
Designed and engraved by George Wilson, whose signature is found on one image in the design.
Sheet was intended to have been mounted on sticks to form a fan.
Designed and engraved by George Wilson, whose signature is found on image numbered '22' in the design.
Lines of verse beneath title: Mirth's the solace of our days, Let us love her waggish ways, With her laugh till life shall end, And by jesting learn to mend ... - Provenance
- Samuel Gedge; July 2025.
- Extent
- 1 print : irregular sheet 26.5 x 52 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 797.04.12.04+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
fans (costume accessories)
Engravings England London 1797
Etchings England London 1797 - Material
- engraving and etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Animals in human situations
Couples
Card games
Ethics
Supernatural beings
Dancing
Virtues - Subjects
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Animals in human situations
Couples
Card games
Ethics
Supernatural beings
Dancing
Virtues
England > London > 1797
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 991010496348808651
- Object ID (OID)
- 33407702
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