Comic Acting and Portraiture in Late-Georgian and Regency...
Davis, Jim (University of Warwick)![Comic Acting and Portraiture in Late-Georgian and Regency England](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/181/18140732/CHSBZCOP0318140732.jpg)
Jim Davis explores the relationship between comic performance and the visual arts in England c.1780-1830, focussing on the influence of Hogarth and Wilkie on theatre criticism and portraiture, caricature as critique and the contribution of comic actors to notions of national identity.