Follow my leader. The political drama. No. 72

Grant, C.J. (fl. 1830-1852):

Verlag: London, G. Drake 1833-1836., 1833

Beschreibung

Sheet: c.260 x 400mm; handcolored woodcut with letterpress text. - in very good condition. Four politicians arriving at the "mock reform isle" after crossing the sea from the "reform isle". Rare caricature from C.J. Grant's remarkable Political Drama series, which was published in 1833-1836, expressing the views of the Radical movement and attacking the conduct of the Whig and Tory factions for failing to introduce more democratic constitutional reforms. Little is known about C.J. Grant's life and even his full name remains something of a mystery. Although commonly referred to as Charles Jameson Grant today, this interpretation of his initials comes from a source published some twenty years after his career came to an end and it is not corroborated by any evidence from Grant's own lifetime. Grant would go on to produce woodcuts for several Chartist newspaper titles during the late-1830s and early-1840s but his career appears to have entered a period of decline thereafter. His last known print was published in 1852 and it is possible that he died shortly thereafter. He typically signed his prints "C.J. Grant" or "C.J.G. Literature: Pound, Richard - C.J. Grant's Political Drama. A Radical Satirist Rediscovered. London, UCL, 1998; Crowther, Mathew - C.J. Grant's Political Drama, Radicalism and Graphic Satire in the Age of Reform. Newcastle upon Tyne, 2020; Brake, Laurel; Marysa Demoo - Dictionary of Nineteenth-century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland. Academia Press, 2009. p. 257.; Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 261910

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Titel: Follow my leader. The political drama. No. 72

Verlag: London, G. Drake 1833-1836.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1833

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