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A6 Fine Art Postcard.
Adapted from an original charcoal drawing, this design is inspired by Book VII of William Wordsworth’s The Prelude. The poet, newly arrived in London, beholds the city as a living spectacle: at once wondrous, overwhelming, and strange. He names it a “monstrous ant-hill,” a teeming hive of faces, wares, and unceasing motion, where the human stream becomes both fascinating and terrifying.
Wordsworth’s own lines shape the spirit of the work, and are included on the reverse side of the postcard:
Rise up, thou monstrous ant-hill on the plain
Of a too busy world! Before me flow,
Thou endless stream of men and moving things!
Thy every-day appearance, as it strikes—
With wonder heightened, or sublimed by awe—
On strangers, of all ages; the quick dance
Of colours, lights, and forms; the deafening din;
The comers and the goers face to face,
Face after face; the string of dazzling wares,
Shop after shop, with symbols, blazoned names...
Printed on 300gsm Fresco Gesso textured cardstock, The Monstrous Ant-Hill of London offers an accessible way to collect and share one of the first designs in the Prelude Edition series.
A6 Fine Art Postcard.
Adapted from an original charcoal drawing, this design is inspired by Book VII of William Wordsworth’s The Prelude. The poet, newly arrived in London, beholds the city as a living spectacle: at once wondrous, overwhelming, and strange. He names it a “monstrous ant-hill,” a teeming hive of faces, wares, and unceasing motion, where the human stream becomes both fascinating and terrifying.
Wordsworth’s own lines shape the spirit of the work, and are included on the reverse side of the postcard:
Rise up, thou monstrous ant-hill on the plain
Of a too busy world! Before me flow,
Thou endless stream of men and moving things!
Thy every-day appearance, as it strikes—
With wonder heightened, or sublimed by awe—
On strangers, of all ages; the quick dance
Of colours, lights, and forms; the deafening din;
The comers and the goers face to face,
Face after face; the string of dazzling wares,
Shop after shop, with symbols, blazoned names...
Printed on 300gsm Fresco Gesso textured cardstock, The Monstrous Ant-Hill of London offers an accessible way to collect and share one of the first designs in the Prelude Edition series.