Money and Materiality in the Golden Age of Graphic Satire (Hardcover)

This book examines the entwined and simultaneous rise of graphic satire and cultures of paper money in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. Asking how Britons learned to value both graphic art and money, the book makes surprising connections between these two types of engraved images that grew in popularity and influence during this time. Graphic satire grew in visual risk-taking along, while paper money became a more standard carrier of financial value, courting controversy as a medium, moral problem, and factor in inflation. Through analysis of satirical prints, as well as case studies of monetary satires beyond London, this book demonstrates several key ways that cultures attach value to printed paper, accepting it as social reality and institutional fact. Thus, satirical banknotes were objects that broke down the distinction between paper money and graphic satire ​altogether. 

General

Imprint:	University of Delaware Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Art and Culture
Release date:	July 2022
Authors:	Amanda Lahikainen
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	234
ISBN-13:	978-1-64453-269-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Prints & printmaking > General Books > History > General
LSN:	1-64453-269-7
Barcode:	9781644532690

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