Snapshots of British Politics in Satire and Cartoon, 1780 - 1945

By Gary Brennan

'Political Snapshots' begins with those Georgian satirists, notably Sayers, Gillray, Rowlandson, Newton and the Cruikshanks, whose work visually illuminated the personalities and the events in what became a 'Golden Age of Satire', showcasing their work to a print hungry public. As Georgians gave way to Victorians, graphic imagery was tempered by taste that hosted a watershed in comic art. The first allegorical cartoons appearing in Punch and other journals entertained a classless culture. Cartooning had its second 'Golden Age' when war came in 1914, which resulted in a deluge of cartoons that continued well into the inter-war years accelerated by the rise of fascism.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786234874
• ISBN13: 9781786234872
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing Limited
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"