The Age of Caricature: Satirical Prints in the Reign of George III
The late eighteenth century in England was the first great age of cartooning, and British caricature prints of the period have long been enjoyed for their humour and vitality. Now Diana Donald presents the first major study of these caricatures, challenging many assumptions about them.
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The late eighteenth century in England was the first great age of cartooning, and British caricature prints of the period have long been enjoyed for their humour and vitality. Now Diana Donald presents the first major study of these caricatures, challenging many assumptions about them.
Introduction: The Laughing Audience11'The Miserable Tribe of Party Etchers'222Wit and Emblem: The Language of Political Prints443'Struggles for Happiness': The Fashionable World754The Crowd in Caricature: 'A Picture of England'?1095'John Bull bother'd': The French Revolution and the Propaganda War of the 1790s142Epilogue: Peterloo and the End of the Georgian Tradition in Satire184Notes199Index244
