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George Cruikshank’s Life, Times, and Art. 2 vols.

By Robert L. Patten (NHC Fellow, 1987–88) The etchings and wood-engravings of George Cruikshank (1792-1878) recorded, commented on and satirised his times to such an extent that they have frequently been used to represent the age. Cruikshank, a popular artist in the propaganda war against Napoleon, an ardent campaigner for Reform and Temperance, and the … Continued

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Seeing Satire in the Eighteenth Century

Edited by Elizabeth C. Mansfield (NHC Fellow, 2008–09) and Kelly Malone A moment in history when verbal satire, caricature, and comic performance exerted unprecedented influence on society, the Enlightenment sustained a complex, though now practically invisible, culture of visual humor. In Seeing satire in the eighteenth century contributors recapture the unique energy of comic images in the … Continued