Isithombe - Izithombe ze-Wellcom
Emashumini ambalwa edlule, ngaphambi kwe- I-Toxoplasma gondii, okubangela i-toxoplasmosis, nayo ingathinta abantu, abantu abanamakati babizwa ngokuthi "bahlanya." Njengoba nje namuhla kukhona ababelana ngemidwebo yabo yamakati e-anthropomorphic kwi-Intanethi, amaNgisi enkathi yamaVictorian nawo akwazi ukubona izethulo ezithile zomphikisi ULouis Wain, imidwebo yabo eyayifakwa komagazini bangaleso sikhathi, ezincwadini zezingane nasemakhadikhadi.
Le ndoda yayikholelwa ukuthi ihlushwa yi-schizophrenia, futhi empeleni, yayingenayo impilo ejabule kakhulu, ngoba eminyakeni emithathu nje vo ngemuva kokushada nowesifazane ogama lakhe lingu-Emily Richardson, isimila somdlavuza sabahlukanisa unomphela. Lo mbhangqwana ngaleso sikhathi wawunekati elimnyama nelimhlophe, uPeter, okuyiWain akuhlukanga.
UWain wazalelwa eLondon ngo-1860, futhi wafunda eLondon School of Western Art. Ngemuva kokusebenza isikhashana njengothisha, waba ngumdwebi wezithombe ozimele. Futhi ubethanda ikati. Kangangokuthi lezi zilwane zizoqhubeka zichaze umsebenzi wakhe. Umsebenzi ongeke ube ngaphandle kokuphikisana, ngoba udonse lezi zikhathi egqoke izingubo, ukudlala igalofu, ukufunda incwadi... okuthile okwakungejwayelekile ngalezo zikhathi.
Naphezu kwakho konke, umsebenzi wakhe wawuthandwa kakhulu, njengoba kuboniswa ngamakhulu ezincwadi zezingane, nemichilo yakhe yamahlaya asephephandabeni ayishiya eNew York. Omunye wabamhloniphayo HG Wells, umbhali wezindaba eziqanjiwe zesayensi.
Ngisho nangemva kokushona kwakhe ngo-1939, imidwebo yakhe iyaqhubeka nokuheha thina nanamuhla. Udokotela wezifo zengqondo uWalter Maclay wayengomunye wabokuqala ukuzitadisha, ekholelwa ukuthi ubuciko buyifestile engqondweni yesiguli. Kwaphela amashumi eminyaka kwamukelwa ukuthi uWain wayengumculi phakathi »muhle futhi uyahlanya». Kamuva, ngo-1966, i-New York Times yabhala udaba mayelana nemidwebo yakhe ngesihlokwana esithi 'The Progress of a Disease, uchungechunge oludumile lwemidwebo kaLouis Wain, umdwebi wezithombe waseLondon owanqotshwa yisifo sengqondo lapho esekhulile, kubonisa ukuwohloka kwengqondo umdwebi ».
Ngaphandle kokungabaza, amakati uWain ayenawo empilweni yakhe yonke ayengabalingani abahlukile.