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The Business of Satirical Prints in Late-Georgian England
James Baker
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Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 209 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; JFC; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319499888
SKU
V9783319499888
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About James Baker
James Baker is Lecturer in Digital History at the University of Sussex, UK. He specialises in the history of the printed image in the long eighteenth century, is a fellow of the Software Sustainability Institute, and has held positions at the British Library, the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, and the University of Kent, UK.
Reviews for The Business of Satirical Prints in Late-Georgian England
“The book opens like a well-spun tale, embarking its readers in the breezy style that characterises James Baker’s prose throughout the book on a journey of discovery through the late-Georgian network of print shops, engravers, publishers, customers and collectors. … The Business of Satirical Prints in Late-Georgian England undoubtedly constitutes an important contribution to the recent scholarship on both graphic ... Read more