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Print Shop Window: An Exhibition of Visual Satire explores the power of cartoons to stimulate political debate, comment on public behaviour and influence political and social change. Drawing on a lively selection of satirical prints and material from the University of Aberdeen’s Special Collections, this exhibition features examples of caricatures by the artists William Hogarth, James Gillray and George Cruikshank.
The exhibition is accompanied by an engaging series of talks that expand on the themes of the exhibition. Dr Helen Pierce, Lecturer in British Art with the Department of the History of Art, will deliver an engaging talk on Thursday 14 November 2013, between 6pm and 7pm, at the Sir Duncan Rice Library at the University of Aberdeen.
Dr Helen Pierce carries our research into British art of the early modern period (c.1550-1750), with a particular focus on the interplay between printed images, propaganda and polemic across the seventeenth century. This fascinating talk expands on the themes of her recent publication of the same name, Unseemly Pictures: Graphic Satire and Politics in Early Modern England.
If you have any questions please contact us on the email below or call 01224 273049
- Speaker
- Dr Helen Pierce, Department of History of Art
- Hosted by
- Special Collections Centre
- Venue
- Lower Ground Floor Seminar Room, The Sir Duncan Rice LIbrary, University of Aberdeen
- Contact
- ssc.events@abdn.ac.uk