Picturing reform in Victorian Britain

Picturing reform in Victorian Britain /

"How did Victorians, as creators and viewers of images, visualize the politics of franchise reform? This study of Victorian art and parliamentary politics, specifically in the 1840s and 1860s, answers that question by viewing the First and Second Reform Acts from the perspectives offered by Rus...

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Main Author: Carlisle, Janice (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Series:Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 79.
Subjects:
Suffrage in art.
Painting, Victorian > Great Britain.
Magazine illustration > Great Britain > 19th century.
Art > Political aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Art and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Art as politics : lines in theory and practice
  • 2. Pictures on display
  • 3. Redrawing the franchise in the 1860s : lines around the Constitution
  • 4. Within the pale
  • Conclusion.

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