'Super-size caricature: Thomas Rowlandson'sPlace des Victoiresat the Society of Artists in 1783'

Grandjouan, Kate (2016) 'Super-size caricature: Thomas Rowlandson'sPlace des Victoiresat the Society of Artists in 1783'. British Art Studies (4). ISSN 20585462

Abstract

This article re-examines an ambitious caricature of the French that Thomas Rowlandson (1757–1827) exhibited in London in 1783. Recent research has confirmed that the artist undertook training at the Académie Royale in Paris while still a student at the Royal Academy in London. In the following essay, I argue that this double professional route into comic art can be related to his conception of thePlace des Victoires. The broader context for this discussion is provided by several ideas that have been important to recent histories of British art, notably the rise of the public exhibition and the vigorous market for caricature prints. As what I call a “super-size” caricature, the drawing highlights how comic art could take on dimensions and appearances that suited exhibition contexts.

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Official URL:	https://doi.org/10.17658/issn.2058-5462
Item Type:	Article
Disciplines:	Humanities > Art History
Depositing User:	Kate Grandjouan
Date Deposited:	10 Nov 2023 13:27
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2023 13:27
URI:	https://nul.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1491

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