Richard Newton and English caricature in the 1790s
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Richard Newton and English caricature in the 1790s
Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester in association with Manchester University Press, c1998
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Published to coincide with an exhibition held at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Feb. 14-May 17, 1998
Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-173) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This work marks the rediscovery, in the bicentenary of his death in 1798, of a master of the burlesque, the caricaturist Richard Newton. From the age of 14 until his early death at 21, this young Londoner etched a stream of hilarious satires of royalty, politicians, greedy churchmen, actresses and courtesans. Some of the funniest caricatures ever made on the battle of the sexes are those by Newton. At the same time his large "Progresses", often poignant as well as amusing, played an important part in the development of the narrative print, prefiguring today's comic strip; the goggle eyes seen in many of his images might come from a Disney cartoon. Most of his prints were published by William Holland, a man of literary tastes who wrote the clever dialogues on many of the prints; some of Newton's most fascinating prints are those of Holland and fellow prisoners in Newgate where Holland was imprisoned for his radical activities in 1793-94. The book contains a checklist of 300 single sheet prints by Newton; 60 are illustrated in colour, together with four of his watercolours.
Table of Contents
- Newton's watercolour of a caricature exhibition
- the development of the satirical print in England
- Newton's early years
- the rise of William Holland
- Newton's first years with Holland
- Newton during Holland's imprisonment, 1793-4
- the mainstay of Holland's business, 1794-6
- Newton as an independent publisher, 1797-8
- Newton's posthumous reputation. Appendix: chronological checklist of prints by and after Newton
- index of titles in checklists
- chronology of events in Newton's lifetime.
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