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The popular print in England : 1550-1850 /

By:

O'Connell, Sheila

Contributor(s):

British Museum

Material type: Text

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

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0714126225
9780714126227

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Popular print in England.DDC classification:

686.20942 21

LOC classification:

NE628 .O25 1999

Contents:

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.

Summary: This is the first book to describe the whole range of popular print production in England, from the Reformation to Industrial Revolution. Many of the 200 prints discussed and illustrated here have never previously been reproduced. As woodcuts and simple copper plates sold on the streets for pennies, they served as the tabloid newspapers of their day, dealing with crime, scandal, patriotism, prejudice, superstition and the doings of the rich and famous. Their imagery drew on medieval tradition, but their forms - almanacks, ballads, broadsides, chapbooks, and Christmas sheets - changed continually over the centuries in response to developing consumer demand.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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.

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