Pictorial Victorians : the inscription of values in word and image / Julia Thomas.
Published / Created:
Athens : Ohio University Press, c2004.
Physical Description:
ix, 203 p., 8 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-197) and index.
Contents:
War and peace: word and image in mid-Victorian culture -- Picturing slavery: Uncle Tom's cabin and its early illustrations -- Pictures, poems, politics: illustrating Tennyson -- Crinolineomania: Punch's female malady -- Nation and narration: the Englishness of Victorian narrative painting -- Tale of two stories: Joseph Noel Paton's in memoriam -- Telling tales: adultery and maternity in past and present.
Subject Terms:
Illustration of books, Victorian -- Great Britain. | Illustration of books -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | National characteristics in art.