The popular print in England : 1550-1850 /

This is the first book to describe the whole range of popular print production in England, from the Reformation to Industrial Revolution. Many of the 200 prints discussed and illustrated here have never previously been reproduced. As woodcuts and simple copper plates sold on the streets for pennies,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Connell, Sheila
Corporate Author: British Museum
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press, 1999.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. What is a popular print?
  • 2. 'All sorts of prints ...'
  • 3. The production of popular prints: publishers and printmakers
  • 4. Popular themes and subjects
  • Religion and morality
  • Patriotism and the status quo
  • Crime and execution
  • Phenomena and freaks of nature
  • Marriage, cuckoldry and women
  • Drinking, good fellowship and temperance
  • 5. The popular print and propaganda
  • 6. The popular print and high art
  • 7. The market for popular prints
  • 8. The popular print and its development in England
  • 9. Collectors and historiography
  • 10. Nostalgic revivals
  • 11. The Continental perspective.