Politics personified
Portraiture, caricature and visual culture in Britain, c.1830–80
by Henry Miller
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The remarkable popularity and cultural resonance of political likenesses in the Victorian period are at the centre of this study, which explores how politicians and publishers exploited new visual technology to appeal to a broad public. Looking at the role of commercial imagery in nineteenth-century politics, Politics personified shows how visual images created and reshaped political identities, constructed political narratives and projected a favourable public image of politics and political actors. It offers fascinating insights into how politicians themselves negotiated their relationship with this imagery, and draws on a diverse range of sources, including prints, photographs, paintings, illustrations, banners, statues, medals and coins. Beginning with an examination of the visual culture of the 1832 Reform Act and the emergence of new visual technologies, the study investigates how Reformers, Conservatives and Radicals used portraiture to connect with supporters and build identity. It highlights the role of group portraiture in fashioning national reforming narratives and the presentation of MPs as independent representatives in Victorian political culture. The final part of the book examines how major politicians, including Lord Palmerston, William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli, interacted with mass commercial imagery. The book will appeal to a broad range of scholars and students across political, social, cultural and literary history, and in visual culture.
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The remarkable popularity and cultural resonance of political likenesses in the Victorian period are at the centre of this study, which explores how politicians and publishers exploited new visual technology to appeal to a broad public. Looking at the role of commercial imagery in nineteenth-century politics, Politics personified shows how visual images created and reshaped political identities, constructed political narratives and projected a favourable public image of politics and political actors. It offers fascinating insights into how politicians themselves negotiated their relationship with this imagery, and draws on a diverse range of sources, including prints, photographs, paintings, illustrations, banners, statues, medals and coins. Beginning with an examination of the visual culture of the 1832 Reform Act and the emergence of new visual technologies, the study investigates how Reformers, Conservatives and Radicals used portraiture to connect with supporters and build identity. It highlights the role of group portraiture in fashioning national reforming narratives and the presentation of MPs as independent representatives in Victorian political culture. The final part of the book examines how major politicians, including Lord Palmerston, William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli, interacted with mass commercial imagery. The book will appeal to a broad range of scholars and students across political, social, cultural and literary history, and in visual culture.
Author Biography
Henry Miller is Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century British History at the University of Manchester
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- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Publication Date May 2016
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781526111715 / 1526111713
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPDF
- Primary Price 125 USD
- ReadershipGeneral/trade
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions234 X 156 mm
- Reference Code9034
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