James Gillray

A Revolution in Satire

James Gillray
Tim Clayton
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Hardback
h289 x 248mm - 408pg
8 Nov 2022 UK
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9781913107321
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The story of Britain' s greatest caricaturist, whose satires poked fun at political life throughout the Age of Revolutions Described by one contemporary as the "Prince of Caricatura," James Gillray (1757-1815) was the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century' s most famous and prolific graphic satirist. This definitive biographical study explores Gillray' s work through his friends, collaborations, and connections, and places it in the context of the world of print and political satire at a time when revolution and war erupted around the globe. As well as an obsessive artist, Gillray was a hard-working art-businessman who struggled to make a living in politically exciting but difficult financial circumstances. Exploring Gillray' s life -his relations with his publishers, his patrons, other artists, and politicians, and the pressures that made him publish -sheds new light on contemporary anxieties about artistic independence, the role of propaganda, and the increasing political importance of public opinion. Lavishly illustrated, James Gillray also explores the artist' s early involvement in the production of previously unknown erotic prints, nearly all of which were deliberately destroyed by moral crusaders during the 1790s.
Tim Clayton is a historian and writer. He is a specialist in eighteenth and early nineteenth-century history and culture, and is a leading authority on the printed images of that period.

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