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George Cruikshank's Life, Times and Art: Volume 1: 1792-1835: Volume I: 1792-1835
Robert L. Patten
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Description for George Cruikshank's Life, Times and Art: Volume 1: 1792-1835: Volume I: 1792-1835
hardcover. Written in two volumes, this is the documentary biography of one of the most influential British graphic artists, who as a political and social caricaturist, was also a great commentator on his times. Num Pages: 560 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; AKLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
George Cruikshank's (1792-1878) etchings and wood-engravings graced the pages of such classics as Grimms' Fairy Tales and Dickens' Oliver Twist, campaigned in the propaganda war against Napoleon, and satirised his times, becoming representative of the age. His life crossed paths with Britain's primary political, social, and cultural leaders, yet he experienced a long struggle for recognition of his imaginative, versatile and incisive images. In the first documentary biography of Cruikshank, Robert Platten reviews thousands of unpublished letters and printed images to construct a thorough and reliable account of the artist's extraordinary career. Placing Cruikshank's achievements in the contexts of the ... Read more
George Cruikshank's (1792-1878) etchings and wood-engravings graced the pages of such classics as Grimms' Fairy Tales and Dickens' Oliver Twist, campaigned in the propaganda war against Napoleon, and satirised his times, becoming representative of the age. His life crossed paths with Britain's primary political, social, and cultural leaders, yet he experienced a long struggle for recognition of his imaginative, versatile and incisive images. In the first documentary biography of Cruikshank, Robert Platten reviews thousands of unpublished letters and printed images to construct a thorough and reliable account of the artist's extraordinary career. Placing Cruikshank's achievements in the contexts of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Lutterworth Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718828721
SKU
V9780718828721
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About Robert L. Patten
Robert L. Patten is the Lynette S. Autrey Professor Emeritus of Humanities at Rice University, and writes primarily about Victorian literature, graphic arts, and print culture, including multiple books about Charles Dickens.
Reviews for George Cruikshank's Life, Times and Art: Volume 1: 1792-1835: Volume I: 1792-1835
1. "They illustrate the close connection between archaeology, architectural history, historical geography and economic history which runs throughout the book and is the hall-mark of the Deserted Medieval Village Group." - R. H. C. Davis in The English Historical Review, Vol. 88, No. 349, October, 1973, pp. 886-887 2. "This volume examines the uses to which Cruikshank put his ... Read more