Prints of a New Kind: Political Caricature in the United States, 1789-1828
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Allison M. Stagg (Author)
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Prints of a New Kind details the political strategies and scandals that inspired the first generation of American caricaturists to share news and opinions with their audiences in shockingly radical ways. Complementing studies on British and European printmaking, this book is a survey and catalogue of all known American political caricatures created in the country's transformative early years, as the nation sought to define itself in relation to European models of governance and artistry.
Allison Stagg examines printed caricatures that mocked events reported in newspapers and politicians in the United States' fledgling government, reactions captured in the personal papers of the politicians being satirized, and the lives of the artists who satirized them. Stagg's work fills a large gap in early American scholarship, one that has escaped thorough art-historical attention because of the rarity of extant images and the lack of understanding of how these images fit into their political context.
Featuring 125 images, many published here for the first time since their original appearance, and a comprehensive appendix that includes a checklist of caricature prints with dates, titles, artists, references, and other essential information, Prints of a New Kind will be welcomed by scholars and students of early American history and art history as well as visual, material, and print culture. 71 Halftones, color; 54 Halftones, black and white
About the Author
Allison M. Stagg is a researcher and lecturer in the Department of Architecture and Art History at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.
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- Contributor: Allison M. Stagg
- Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press
- ISBN13: 9780271094533
- Number of Pages: 266
- Packaged Dimensions: 178x254x19mm
- Packaged Weight: 658
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
- Release Date: 2024-04-10
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Allison M. Stagg is a researcher and lecturer in the Department of Architecture and Art History at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.
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