Politics Personified: Portraiture, Caricature and Visual Culture in Britain, C.1830-80

by Miller Henry and Henry Miller

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The remarkable popularity of political likenesses in the Victorian period is the central theme of this book, which explores how politicians and publishers exploited new visual technology to appeal to a broad public. The first study of the role of commercial imagery in nineteenth-century politics, Politics personified shows how visual images projected a favourable public image of politics and politicians. Drawing on a vast and diverse range of sources,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0719090849

ISBN13:9780719090844

Release Date:January 2015

Publisher:Manchester University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"

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Art Arts, Music & Photography

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