The British Museum Caricatures of the Peoples of the British Isles.(Brief article)(Book review)

From: Contemporary Review | Date: March 22, 2008 | Copyright information

The British Museum Caricatures of the Peoples of the British Isles. Tim Clayton. The British Museum Press. [pounds sterling]9.99. 96 pages. ISBN 978-0-7141-5056-7. The British Museum's collection of satirical caricatures is unsurpassed--it numbers over 20,000--and Mr Clayton has here given readers a delightful sampling. The caricatures represent the constituent parts of the United Kingdom. He includes a short introduction and gives s...

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