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The print in early modern England : an historical oversight / Malcolm Jones.

By: Jones, Malcolm, 1953-
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2010.Description: xii, 452 p. : ill. (col.) ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9780300136975Subject(s): Prints, English -- 16th century -- Themes, motives | Prints, English -- 17th century -- Themes, motives | Art and society -- England -- History -- 16th century | Art and society -- England -- History -- 17th centuryDDC classification: 769.942/09031
Contents:
Introduction: the circulation and use of prints -- Numbered series -- Emblematic diagrams and schemata -- At home and abroad: the Tudors and early Stuarts -- 'These distempered times': the Civil War period -- At home and abroad: the later Stuarts -- Doctrinal opponents: anti-Catholic satire -- Doctrinal opponents: anti-Protestant and anti-sectarian imagery -- The Godly life -- Sinful pleasures, I: folly -- Sinful pleasures, II: lust -- 'Lerning us to beware': portents and prodigies -- Death and judgement -- A topsy turvy world -- The place of women -- A picture of society.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Britain Europe and Prehistory Shelves COL 2a (2) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 10011413
Book Book British Museum Prints and Drawings Shelves Az.2.17 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available PD10000734
Total holds: 0

Decorated end-papers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the circulation and use of prints -- Numbered series -- Emblematic diagrams and schemata -- At home and abroad: the Tudors and early Stuarts -- 'These distempered times': the Civil War period -- At home and abroad: the later Stuarts -- Doctrinal opponents: anti-Catholic satire -- Doctrinal opponents: anti-Protestant and anti-sectarian imagery -- The Godly life -- Sinful pleasures, I: folly -- Sinful pleasures, II: lust -- 'Lerning us to beware': portents and prodigies -- Death and judgement -- A topsy turvy world -- The place of women -- A picture of society.