The popular print in England : 1550-1850 /
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press, 1999.Description: 256 pages, 4 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0714126225
- 9780714126227
- 686.20942 21
- NE628 .O25 1999
Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | Carleton University, AVRC | Open-stacks | NE628 .O25 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 16055001018 |
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the British Museum.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-242) and index.
1. What is a popular print? -- 2. 'All sorts of prints ...' -- 3. The production of popular prints: publishers and printmakers -- 4. Popular themes and subjects -- Religion and morality -- Patriotism and the status quo -- Crime and execution -- Phenomena and freaks of nature -- Marriage, cuckoldry and women -- Drinking, good fellowship and temperance -- 5. The popular print and propaganda -- 6. The popular print and high art -- 7. The market for popular prints -- 8. The popular print and its development in England -- 9. Collectors and historiography -- 10. Nostalgic revivals -- 11. The Continental perspective.
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