Kate Chisholm

The savage power of 18th-century caricature

The politics of late Georgian England provided Gillray, Cruickshank and Rowlandson with perfect fodder for robust, merciless satire

‘The Giant Factotum amusing himself’ – James Gillray’s caricature of William Pitt, 1797. [Bridgeman Images] 
issue 15 April 2023

  • UPROAR! Satire, Scandal and Printmakers in Georgian London

    Alice Loxton

    Icon Books, pp. 398, £25

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