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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254770603321

Autore

Baker James

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-49989-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 232 p. 20 illus.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media, , 2634-6575

Disciplina

940.903

Soggetti

Europe—History—1492-

Great Britain—History

Printing

Publishers and publishing

Civilization—History

Culture

Technology

History of Early Modern Europe

History of Britain and Ireland

Printing and Publishing

Cultural History

Culture and Technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.