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by Alex Hughes
English caricatures go on show in Germany
July 8, 2009 in Comment
James Gillray - The King of Brobdingnag, and Gulliver, 1803
An exhibition of classic English caricatures opened this week in Germany. The Arena of Ridicule – English Caricatures 1780–1830 celebrates the ‘golden age’ of English caricature and features the likes of James Gillray, George Cruikshank and Thomas Rowlandson and is at the Hamburger Kunsthalle in Hamburg until the 27th September.
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