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Honoré Daumier

French Caricature and the
French Revolution 1789 - 1799

Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts
University of California, Los Angeles

During the 1790s political caricature, whether funny or vicious, was constantly exploited by the various factions pitted against each other. All kinds of prints could be purchased at printshops ...

1988, 280 pgs., Over 300 color & b/w illus.

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Censorship of Political Caricature
in Nineteenth-Century France

by Robert Justin Goldstein

A comprehensive account of the struggle over freedom of caricature in France during the period between 1815 and 1914 ... Although prior censorship of the printed word in France was abolished in 1822, censorship of caricature was enforced almost continuously until 1881 ...

1989, 293 pgs., 127 b/w illus.

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Grandville: Das Gesamte Werk
Volumes 1 and 2

Introduction by Sello Gottfried

1969, Volume 1: 800 pgs, Volume 2: 832 pgs, 1,600 b/w illus.,

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Caricature and French
Political Culture 1830 - 1848:
Charles Philipon and the Illustrated Press

by David Kerr

Philipon was the founder of the satirical illustrated press in France. With the newspapers he owned and directed La Caricature and Le Charivari, he led an unprecedentedly coherent and vitriolic campaign of disrespect against King Louis-Philippe and his regime.

2000, 242 pgs., 56 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

In this collection of essays, leading scholars investigate the interaction between authors, publishers, booksellers, readers and regulatory bodies in England and France across three centuries, and show the key role that the book trade — resisting or adapting to external pressures — has played in defining what is permissible to publish.

1992, 154 pgs,, 7 b/w illus.

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A Human Comedy:
Physiognomy and Caricature
in 19th Century Paris

by Judith Wechsler

This book is about the Parisians' characteristic preoccupation with physical clues to class, profession, character and circumstances, especially in the period 1830 to 1870, and how these are reflected in caricature, mime, and literature.

1998, 208 pgs., 161 b/w illus.

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The Court of Flora
Les Fleurs Animées
The Engraved Illustrations of
J.J. Grandville

Introduction by Peter A. Wick

The Court of Flora (Les Fleurs Animées) was the last of Grandville's illustrated books, published posthumously the year of the artist's death in 1847 ... The 52 color plates in this volume reproduce the original steel engravings of Grandville's illustrations.

1981, 123 pgs., 52 color illus.

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The Art of the July Monarchy:
France 1830-1848

Museum of Art and Archeology,
University of Missouri-Columbia

In the years between 1830 and 1848, the period known as the July Monarchy, French art underwent the major transformation from romanticism to realism ... chapters considering history painting, landscape painting, portraiture, caricature, book illustration, and the advent of realism.

1990, 313 pgs., 273 color & b/w illus.

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The Pear:
French Graphic Arts
in the Golden Age
of Caricature

by Elise K. Kenney
& John M. Merriman
Mount Holyoke College

1991, 120 pgs
82 b/w illus.

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The Charged Image
French Lithographic
Caricature
1816 - 1848

by Beatrice Farwell
Santa Barbara
Museum of Art

1989, 188 pgs
211 color & b/w illus.

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Public and Private
Lives of Animals

Illustrated by
J.J. Grandville

1977 English Edition
(first published
in France in 1842)
312 pgs, b/w illus.

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