Caricatures from the Personal Union between England and Hanover (1714-1837) Herausgegeben:Wetzel, Anorthe; Reich, Elisabeth;Mitarbeit:Oberstebrink, Christina; Odumosu, Temitope; Janke, Karl; Baker, James; O'Connell, Sheila; Clayton, Timothy; Maidment, Brian; Busch, Werner; Schli
Caricatures from the Personal Union between England and Hanover (1714-1837) Herausgegeben:Wetzel, Anorthe; Reich, Elisabeth;Mitarbeit:Oberstebrink, Christina; Odumosu, Temitope; Janke, Karl; Baker, James; O'Connell, Sheila; Clayton, Timothy; Maidment, Brian; Busch, Werner; Schli
The political constellation of the personal union between England and Hanover lasted for 123 years. The figure of a foreign king 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. The contributors of the volume show that, as a political weapon of the opposition and as an institution of public opinion, the caricatures affected the establishment. Is the visual criticism of the rulers more than a loyal subversion of their subjects?
The political constellation of the personal union between England and Hanover lasted for 123 years. The figure of a foreign king 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. The contributors of the volume show that, as a political weapon of the opposition and as an institution of public opinion, the caricatures affected the establishment. Is the visual criticism of the rulers more than a loyal subversion of their subjects?