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Picturing Animals in Britain 1750-1850
Donald, Diana: Picturing Animals in Britain 1750-1850. New Haven and London: 2007. 256pp with 140 colour and 140 monochrome illustrations. Hardback. 27x22cms. Utilising paintings, prints and zoological illustrations, the author explores the ways in which animals were used and abused. The desire to capture and tame them and the dichotomy between the belief of their inferiority to humans yet at the same time animals in stories and fables being given human attributes is investigated.
Utilising paintings, prints and zoological illustrations, the author explores the ways in which animals were used and abused. The desire to capture and tame them and the dichotomy between the belief of their inferiority to humans yet at the same time animals in stories and fables being given human attributes is investigated. Text in English
The age of Caricature. Satirical Prints in the reign of George III.
.: London - New Haven, Yale U.P., 1996, in-4°, softcover.
