Loyal subversion? : : caricatures from the personal Union between England and Hanover (1714 - 1837) / / edited by Anorthe Kremers and Elisabeth Reich ; James Gillray, cover illustration ; Catherine Atkinson, copy editing.
The political constellation of the personal union between England and Hanover, lasting for 123 years, with the figure of a foreign king as a mediator between two separate states became a determining factor and was in itself a historical condition for the emergence and the development of caricatures...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Göttingen, [Germany] : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, 2014. ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | The political constellation of the personal union between England and Hanover, lasting for 123 years, with the figure of a foreign king as a mediator between two separate states became a determining factor and was in itself a historical condition for the emergence and the development of caricatures in England after the Glorious Revolution. As a political weapon of the opposition and as an institution of public opinion, the caricatures affect the establishment: on the one hand, their visual potential is a threat to the sovereign, on the other they help to stabilize his leadership. The caricatur |
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| ISBN: | 3666301673 3647301671 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Anorthe Kremers and Elisabeth Reich ; James Gillray, cover illustration ; Catherine Atkinson, copy editing. |