Money and Materiality in the Golden Age of Graphic Satire

by Amanda Lahikainen

This book examines the entwined and simultaneous rise of graphic satire and cultures of paper money in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. Asking how Britons learned to value both graphic art and money, the book makes surprising connections between two types of engraved images that grew in popularity and influence during this time. Graphic satire grew in visual risk-taking, while paper money became a more standard carrier of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1644532689
• ISBN13: 9781644532683
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"