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Talk - Romanticism, Caricature and Politics

Tuesday 20 August, 1pm
Djanogly Theatre, Lakeside Arts

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The years 1780-1840 are sometimes regarded as the ‘golden age of caricature’. In this illustrated talk, Dr Richard Gaunt, Associate Professor in the Department of History, considers the rough, boisterous sensibilities which caricaturists brought to their craft.

Part of the Romantic Facts and Fantasies exhibition programme.