The history of the nineteenth century in caricature / by Arthur Bartlett Maurice and Frederic Taber Cooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maurice, Arthur Bartlett, 1873-1946.

Contributor:

Cooper, Frederic Taber, 1864-1937.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Modern--19th century--Caricatures and cartoons.

History, Modern.

Nineteenth century--Caricatures and cartoons.

Nineteenth century.

Caricature--History.

Caricature.

History.

Genre:

Caricatures and cartoons.

Cartoons (Humor)

Physical Description:

xv, 363 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Cooper Square Publishers, 1970.

Summary:

The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature depicts historic events through the lens of the great satirists of the 19th century. Caricatures by Hogarth, Gillray and Cruikshank are prominently displayed in the chapters on the Napoleonic Era. Other chapters feature commentary and illustrations on Waterloo through the Crimean War, The Civil and Franco-Prussian Wars and the End of the Century.

Contents:

The Napoleonic Era. The beginning of political caricature

Hogarth and his times

James Gillray

Bonaparte as first consul

The emperor at his apogee

Napoleon's waning power

From Waterloo through the Crimean War. After the downfall

The "Poire"

The baiting of Louis-Phillipe

Mayeux and Robert Macaire

From Cruikshank to Leech

The beginning of Punch

Retrospective

'48 and the Coup d'Etat

The struggle in the Crimea

The Civil and Franco-Russian Wars. The Mexican War and slavery

Neglected opportunities

The south secedes

The four years' struggle

Nations and men in caricature

The outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War

The Debacle

The end of the century. The evolution of American caricature

The third French Republic

General European affairs

Thomas Nast

The American political campaigns of 1880 and 1884

The influence of journalism

Years of turbulence

American parties and platforms

The Spanish-American War

The Boer War and the Dreyfus Case

The men of to-day.

Notes:

Reprint of the 1904 ed.

ISBN:

0815403429

OCLC:

102979