GILLRAY OBSERVED by Christiane Banerji, Diana Donald ( 9780521101851 )

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Title:

GILLRAY OBSERVED
THE EARLIEST ACCOUNT OF HIS CARICATURES IN LONDON UND PARIS

By:

Christiane Banerji, Diana Donald

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0521101859

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9780521101851

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 October, 2008

Pages:

292

Translated from:

English

Description:

The edition offers a unique insight into the role of satire in British politics during the Napoleonic era and shows the subtle artistry of Gillray's designs.

Synopsis:

One of England's most famous caricaturists, James Gillray, was an immensely successful and popular artist, yet there were no accounts of his work published in England during his lifetime. The single contemporary source on Gillray is a series of commentaries published in the German journal London und Paris between 1798 and 1806. Christine Banerji and Diana Donald have translated and edited selected commentaries, with accompanying illustrations, to reveal how Gillray's art was understood by his contemporaries. The edition offers a unique insight into the role of satire in British politics during the Napoleonic era and shows the subtle artistry of Gillray's designs. The volume also includes an informative introduction which places Gillray and his work in the context of a fascinating episode in Anglo-German relations at the turn of the eighteenth century.

Illustrations:

37 b/w illus.

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Imprint:

Cambridge University Press

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