Books on
British Caricature

Books on
William Hogarth

Books on
James Gillray

Books on
French Caricature

Books on
Honoré Daumier

Hogarth to Cruikshank:
Social Change in Graphic Satire

by Mary Dorothy George

The subject of this book is graphic social satire before the days of Punch and illustrated journalism, when prints were engraved and sold seperately ... When in the 1750s the word 'caricatura' or 'caricature' came into use, the print shops applied it indiscriminately to any print with a comic or satirical intention. M. Dorothy George's study covers the art from 1720 to about 1830 ...

1967, 224 pgs.
Over 200 color & b/w illus.

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The Duke of Wellington
and His Political Career
After Waterloo

by Edward Du Cann

Written by a former leading politician and based upon his own collection of Wellington caricatures ... the book deals with caricature as a reflection of popular opinion ...

2000, 144 pgs., 110 color ullus.

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The Duke of Wellington
in Caricature

by John Physick

The Victoria & Albert Museum possesses a large number of 18th and 19th century caricatures, and this Picture Book contains a selection of those satirising Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington, K.G.

1965, 96 pgs, 44 b/w illus.

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Punch: The Lively Youth
of a British Institution

by Richard D. Altick

This book is the first to explore the first ten years of Punch, the popular Victorian periodical, especially as it mirrored the interests and mind-set of its predominantly middle-class audience ... Altick describes Punch's humorous treatment of events, public personalities, and current issues — frivolous or serious — against a background of historical evidence culled from the London Times and other contemporary documents.

1997, 776 pgs, over 170 b/w illus.

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Caricature History of the Georges
or, Annals of the House of Hanover Compiled
from the Squibs, Broadsides, Window Pictures,
Lampoons and Pictorial Caricatures of the Time

by Thomas Wright

From the Preface:

1867, 639 pgs, Bindings will vary
Hand-colored Frontispiece
and over 400 b/w steel and wood engravings after
Hogarth, Gillray, Rowlandson, Sayer, and others.

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George Cruikshank's Life, Times, and Art
Volumes 1 and 2

by Robert L. Patten

Volume 1 (1792-1835): 1992, 495 pgs, 81 b/w illus.

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Volume 2 (1835-1878): 1996, 657 pgs, 81 b/w illus.

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English Caricature
1620 to the Present: Caricaturists
and Satirists, their Art, their Purpose
and Influence

by Richard Godfrey

This exhibition, the most comprehensive to be attempted in America, is a survey of English caricatures and satires from the grim anti-Catholic prints of the seventeenth century to the irreverent cartoons of today.

1984, 144 pgs, over 200 color & b/w illus.

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George du Maurier

by Leonée Ormond

A critical biography of Du Maurier, the Victorian cartoonist and novelist. It traces his career, from a penurious and rootless childhood through to final success as the aurhor of a best-seller, Trilby ... a section of the book is devoted to a study of the social world of Du Maurier's Punch cartoons.

1969, 515 pgs, 160 color & b/w illus.

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The Age of Caricature:
Satirical Prints
in the Reign
of George III

by Diana Donald

Yale University Press
1996, 248 pgs.
210 color & b/w illus.

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The
Caricatures of
George Cruikshank

by John Wardroper

1977, 144 pgs
Over 120
color & b/w illus.

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Censorship
and the
control of print
in England
and France
1600 - 1910

by Robin Myers
and Michael Harris

1992, 154 pgs,
7 b/w illus.

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The
Mahogany Tree
An Informal
History of Punch

by Arthur Prager

1979, 306 pgs
over 100 b/w illus.

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