This book explores English single sheet satirical prints published
from 1780-1820, the people who made those prints, and the businesses
that sold them. It examines how these objects were made, how they were
sold, and how both the complexity of the production process and the
necessity to sell shaped and constrained the satiric content these
objects contained. It argues that production, sale, and environment
are crucial to understanding late-Georgian satirical prints. A
majority of these prints were, after all, published in London and were
therefore woven into the commercial culture of the Great Wen. Because
of this city and its culture, the activities of the many individuals
involved in transforming a single satirical design into a saleable and
commercially viable object were underpinned by a nexus of making,
selling, and consumption. Neglecting any one part of this nexus does a
disservice both to the late-Georgian satirical print, these most
beloved objects of British art, and to the story of their
late-Georgian apotheosis – a story that James Baker develops not
through the designs these objects contained, but rather through those
objects and the designs they contained in the making.
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ISBN
9783319499895
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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