The world grown odd & crazy

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