The Humours of Parliament: Harry Furniss's View of Late-Victorian Political Culture

The Humours of Parliament: Harry Furniss's View of Late-Victorian Political Culture - Paperback

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The Humours of Parliament: Harry Furniss's View of Late-Victorian Political Culture - Paperback

The Humours of Parliament: Harry Furniss's View of Late-Victorian Political Culture - Paperback

by Gareth Cordery
$64.71
$64.71

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by Gareth Cordery (Author)

Harry Furniss (1854-1925), a leading contributor to Punch and other important illustrated magazines, was arguably the most significant political caricaturist and illustrator of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. He was widely celebrated in his time, and his cartoons helped to define the political world in the public mind. The Humours of Parliament was Furniss's hugely successful illustrated lecture that he staged throughout the U.K., North America, and Australia during the 1890s. Entertaining his audiences with anecdotes, mimicry, and jokes-along with the spectacle of more than 100 magic lantern slides-Furniss gave his audiences an insider's view of the mysterious workings of Parliament and the leading political personalities of the day, such as Gladstone, Balfour, and Chamberlain.

Reproducing some 150 images drawn from Furniss's extensive graphic work, The Humours of Parliament: Harry Furniss's View of Late-Victorian Political Culture, edited and with an introduction by Gareth Cordery and Joseph S. Meisel, presents Furniss's unpublished lecture text for the first time. The extensive introduction places the show in its biographical, political, and performative contexts. Cordery and Meisel's volume therefore both documents a pivotal moment in British political and social history and provides a rare case study of an important yet little studied nineteenth-century performance genre: the illustrated platform lecture.

Author Biography

Gareth Cordery is a former adjunct fellow in humanities, University of Canterbury (New Zealand). Joseph S. Meisel is Deputy Provost, Brown University.

Number of Pages: 350
Dimensions: 0.78 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: November 18, 2015
ISBN9780814252772
Author Gareth Cordery
PublisherOhio State University Press
GenreHistory, Comics & graphic novels, Arts, and Other
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 2015
LanguageENG- English
Pages350
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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