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dc.contributor.author | Scully, Richard | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-01T15:38:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Victorian Culture, 16(3), p. 363-384 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1750-0133 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1355-5502 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9344 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This article examines the vibrant cultural milieu inhabited by one of Victorian Britain's most famous cartoonists, Matthew Somerville Morgan. Morgan is well-known as the cartoonist who attacked Queen Victoria's withdrawal from public life (and her associations with John Brown), and the lifestyle of Albert, Prince of Wales, in the short-lived rival to Punch: the Tomahawk. Likewise, his post-1870 career in New York as cartoonist of the 'Caricature War' over the 1872 Presidential elections, and involvement with 'Buffalo' Bill Cody have been well-studied. However, his involvement with the world of the 1860s Victorian stage - and the social circles in which he moved - have not been given close attention. This broader social, cultural, and economic context is essential to understanding Morgan's role as a cartoonist-critic of politics, class, gender and art in Victorian Britain. Special attention is given to the ways in which Morgan's work as a theatrical scene-painter informed his other pursuits, including his political cartoons for Fun, the Comic News and the Tomahawk. So central was the theatre to Morgan's life story that he may be appropriately described as an 'epitheatrical' figure. Indeed he is one of the most spectacular exemplars of the interconnected worlds of journalism, high art and theatre in Victorian London. The theatre provided him with the artistic and journalistic connections needed to raise himself above his lower-class origins; to move in 'clubland' and fashionable bohemian society; and to win an influential place in the key political and cultural debates of his age. | en |
dc.language | en | en |
dc.publisher | Routledge | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Victorian Culture | en |
dc.title | 'The Epitheatrical Cartoonist': Matthew Somerville Morgan and the World of Theatre, Art and Journalism in Victorian London | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/13555502.2011.613152 | en |
dc.subject.keywords | British History | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Historical Studies | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Art History | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Richard | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 210399 Historical Studies not elsewhere classified | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 190102 Art History | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 210305 British History | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 950105 The Performing Arts (incl. Theatre and Dance) | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 950104 The Creative Arts (incl. Graphics and Craft) | en |
local.profile.school | School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences | en |
local.profile.email | rscully@une.edu.au | en |
local.output.category | C1 | en |
local.record.place | au | en |
local.record.institution | University of New England | en |
local.identifier.epublicationsrecord | une-20111215-131323 | en |
local.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en |
local.format.startpage | 363 | en |
local.format.endpage | 384 | en |
local.identifier.scopusid | 84857723798 | en |
local.peerreviewed | Yes | en |
local.identifier.volume | 16 | en |
local.identifier.issue | 3 | en |
local.title.subtitle | Matthew Somerville Morgan and the World of Theatre, Art and Journalism in Victorian London | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Scully | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:rscully | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.identifier.unepublicationid | une:9535 | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
local.title.maintitle | 'The Epitheatrical Cartoonist' | en |
local.output.categorydescription | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | en |
local.search.author | Scully, Richard | en |
local.uneassociation | Unknown | en |
local.identifier.wosid | 000299278100004 | en |
local.year.published | 2011 | en |
Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
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