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Author Barnhill, Georgia Brady, 1944- author.

Title Gems of art on paper : illustrated American fiction and poetry, 1785-1885 / Georgia Brady Barnhill
Published Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 332 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in print culture and the history of the book
Studies in print culture and the history of the book.
Contents Ways and Means for Publishing Illustrated Poetry, 1785-1820 -- Gems of Art for the Parlor Table -- The Rise of the Illustrator: The Predecessors and Contemporaries of F.O.C. Darley -- Artists and the Gift Book, 1840-1885
Summary "In the immediate aftermath of the Revolutionary War, only the wealthiest Americans could afford to enjoy illustrated books and prints. But, by the end of the next century, it was commonplace for publishers to load their books with reproductions of fine art and beautiful new commissions from amateur and professional artists. Georgia Brady Barnhill, an expert on the visual culture of this period, explains the costs and risks that publishers faced as they brought about the transition from a sparse visual culture to a rich one. Establishing new practices and investing in new technologies to enhance works of fiction and poetry, bookmakers worked closely with skilled draftsmen, engravers, and printers to reach an increasingly literate and discriminating American middle class. Barnhill argues that while scholars have largely overlooked the efforts of early American illustrators, the works of art that they produced impacted readers' understandings of the texts they encountered, and greatly enriched the nation's cultural life"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographic references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 6, 2023)
Subject Illustrated books -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Illustrated books -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Printing -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Printing -- United States -- History -- 18th century
American literature -- Illustrations
Illustration of books -- United States -- 19th century
Illustration of books -- United States -- 18th century
Printing
Illustration of books
Illustrated books
American literature
United States
Genre/Form Illustrated works
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021016886
ISBN 9781625346216
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