CARICATURES AND THE CONSTITUTION, 1760 - 1832 - H.T. DICKINSON -

The English Satirical Print, 1600 - 1832. Caricatures and the Constitution 1760 - 1832 - H.T. Dickinson

Fine/Very good hardback with dj. Dustjacket slightly rubbed.   Dark green boards with gilt lettering on front and spine. 150 illustrated plates with their descriptions on facing page. This book is hard to find.

The English Satirical Print, 1600 - 1832 - Caricatures and the Constitution, 1760 - 1832- H.T. Dickinson

H.T. Dickinson assesses the satirical prints of the time and their value as a historical source.  He shows that while ridiculing the failings of the governing elite and the corruption endemic in the prevailing system of political representation, the caricatures did not endorse popular revolution or democratic constitutional reforms; that most caricaturists spoke to and for that respectable body of opinion which wanted to redress obvious political abuses, but did not wish to overturn the whole constitution.

Published by Chadwyck-Healey, Cambridge, 1986. First Edition.

26 x 19.5 cm 343pp

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