Wilson, George, active 1795-1801, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
enter'd at Stationer's Hall, Aprl. 12th, 1797.
Call Number:
797.04.12.04+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
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 w...
Alternative Title:
World grown odd and crazy
Description:
Title etched in circular medallion at the apex of the design.
Publisher:
Publish'd by Ashton & Co., No. 28, Little Britain
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Couples, Card games, Ethics, Supernatural beings, Dancing, and Virtues
A presumably incomplete set of ten transformation cards, drawn by Thomas Dyer, with caricatured figures of his family as stated in a 1852 note by William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe mounted to the side of the 3 of hearts. Each figure is drawn to incorporat...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Dyer, Thomas, approximately 1783-1852, and Dyer, William Charles, 1761-1828,
Three playing cards, or transformation cards, drawn in pen and ink by an unidentified artist, showing caricatured figures using the shape of the pip, only hearts or diamonds (red watercolor) in this incomplete set. One of the cards (two hearts) featur...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Playing cards, Card games, and Social life and customs
A collection of hand-drawn transformation playing cards using the suit symbols incorporated in the sketches of people in a variety of scenes, some clearly English, others continental. Two examples are a fireside scene illustrating a mother and child (...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Playing cards, Card games, and Social life and customs
