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Prints of a New Kind: Political Caricature in the United States, 1789–1828
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Allison M. Stagg (Technical University of Darmstadt)

Prints of a New Kind

Political Caricature in the United States, 1789–1828

Allison M. Stagg (Technical University of Darmstadt)

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English
Pennsylvania State University Press
12 March 2024
History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Comic book & cartoon art; History of the Americas; Politics & government
Prints of a New Kind details the political strategies and scandals that inspired the first generation of American caricaturists to share news and opinions with their audiences in shockingly radical ways. Complementing studies on British and European printmaking, this book is a survey and catalogue of all known American political caricatures created in the country’s transformative early years, as the nation sought to define itself in relation to European models of governance and artistry.

Allison Stagg examines printed caricatures that mocked events reported in newspapers and politicians in the United States’ fledgling government, reactions captured in the personal papers of the politicians being satirized, and the lives of the artists who satirized them. Stagg’s work fills a large gap in early American scholarship, one that has escaped thorough art-historical attention because of the rarity of extant images and the lack of understanding of how these images fit into their political context.

Featuring 125 images, many published here for the first time since their original appearance, and a comprehensive appendix that includes a checklist of caricature prints with dates, titles, artists, references, and other essential information, Prints of a New Kind will be welcomed by scholars and students of early American history and art history as well as visual, material, and print culture.
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Imprint:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 178mm,  Spine: 19mm
Weight:   658g
ISBN:   9780271094533
ISBN 10:   0271094532
Pages:   266
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Caricature in the United States, 1789–1820 2. James Akin’s Career Before Caricature 3. America’s First Caricaturist 4. The Business of Caricature in the 1810s 5. Copperplate to Lithography, 1820–1830 Conclusion: “The First Will Grumble and the Last Will Laugh” Appendix: Catalogue of Caricatures Published in America Between 1780 and 1828 Notes Bibliography Index

Allison M. Stagg is a researcher and lecturer in the Department of Architecture and Art History at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.

Reviews for Prints of a New Kind: Political Caricature in the United States, 1789–1828

“Thoroughly engaging with a well-crafted narrative, Prints of a New Kind is a long-awaited study filling a significant void in the history of American print culture. Allison Stagg sets the stage for a modern and popularized notion of political satire. This elegantly written book, lavishly illustrated, places the American tradition of caricature as separate from its European origins, with its own merits and history worthy of detailed examination.” —Nancy Siegel, author of Along the Juniata: Thomas Cole and the Dissemination of American Landscape Imagery “Prints of a New Kind contributes fresh awareness and understanding of early US political caricature from an art historical perspective. By doggedly tracing the locations of early caricatures in numerous archives on both sides of the Atlantic, Stagg has uncovered previously unknown examples and made new discoveries about the making and circulation of political caricatures in the early American Republic.” —Nan Wolverton, Vice President for Programs and Director of Fellowships, American Antiquarian Society


  • Nominated for New England Society Book Award 2024

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