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Broadsides. Caricature and the Navy 1756 - 1815

Door James Davey e.a.

Categorie	Schepen & Scheepvaart
Boeknummer	#210012
Titel	Broadsides. Caricature and the Navy 1756 - 1815
Auteur	Davey, James & Richard Johns
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Seaforth Publishing
Jaar van uitgave	2012
ISBN10	1848321465
ISBN13	9781848321465
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	Broadsides explores the political and cultural history of the Navy during the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries through contemporary caricature. This was a period of intense naval activity – encompassing the Seven Years War, the American War of Independence, the wars against revolutionary and Napoleonic France, and the War of 1812.?? Naval caricatures were utilised by the press to comment on events, simultaneously reminding the British public of the immediacy of war, whilst satirising the same Navy it was meant to be supporting.?? The thematic narrative explores topics from politics to invasion, whilst encompassing detailed analysis of the context and content of individual prints. It explores pivotal figures within the Navy and the feelings and apprehensions of the peop... (Lees verder)le back home and their perception of the former. The text, like the cariactures themselves, balances humour with the more serious nature of the content. ?? The emergence of this popular new form of graphic satire culminated in the works of James Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson, both here well represented, but a mass of other contemporary illustration makes this work a hugely important source book for those with any interest in the wars and history of this era.
Pagina's	64
Conditie	Nieuw
Prijs	€ 8,00

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