Broadsides: Caricature and the Navy 1756 - 1815 - Couverture souple

Davey, James; Johns, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848321465 ISBN 13 : 9781848321465

Editeur : Seaforth Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Book by Davey James Johns Richard

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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 people 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.

Biographie de l'auteur

JAMES DAVEY is Curator of Naval History, and RICHARD JOHNS Curator of Prints and Drawings, at the NMM, Greenwich. They have researched and written this book in conjunction with the preparation of an exhibition to be held at the National Maritime Museum in October 2012.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Seaforth Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1848321465
• ISBN 13: 9781848321465
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 64