Printing and painting the news in Victorian London : the Graphic and social realism, 1869-1891 / by Andrea Korda.
Published / Created:
Burlington : Ashgate, 2014.
Physical Description:
xii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
'See for yourself': printing the news in Victorian London -- Ways of seeing the news: The Illustrated London News and The Graphic -- From genre painting to breaking news: Frank Holl and the fallen woman -- Fallen men and strong pictures: exhibiting and collecting social realism -- Painting the news and advertising painting: Hubert Herkomer and the role of the artist in the age of new media -- The return of the hero, 1891.
Subject Terms:
Painting, Victorian -- England -- Themes, motives. | Modernism (Aesthetics) -- England. | Realism in art -- England. | Social problems in art. | Social problems -- Press coverage -- England -- London. | Visual communication -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century. | Graphic. | Illustrated London news.