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The Business of Satirical Prints in Late-Georgian England James Baker

The Business of Satirical Prints in Late-Georgian England By James Baker

The Business of Satirical Prints in Late-Georgian England by James Baker


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The Business of Satirical Prints in Late-Georgian England Summary

The Business of Satirical Prints in Late-Georgian England by James Baker

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 culture, the activities of the many individuals involved in transforming a single satirical design into a saleable and commercially viable object were underpinned by a nexus of making, selling, and consumption. Neglecting any one part of this nexus does a disservice both to the late-Georgian satirical print, these most beloved objects of British art, and to the story of their late-Georgian apotheosis - a story that James Baker develops not through the designs these objects contained, but rather through those objects and the designs they contained in the making.

The Business of Satirical Prints in Late-Georgian England Reviews

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 satire and the business of art. (Sophie Mesplede, cercles.com, July, 2018)

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.- List of Tables/Figures.- Chapter 1: Beginnings.- Chapter 2: Scandal.- Chapter 3: Production.- Chapter 4: People.- Chapter 5: Trade Networks.- Chapter 6: The Physical Marketplace.- Chapter 7: The Shops.- Chapter 8: Satiric Stock.- Bibliography.- Index

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NLS9783319842936
9783319842936
3319842935
The Business of Satirical Prints in Late-Georgian England by James Baker
New
Paperback
Springer International Publishing AG
2018-08-07
232
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