Title Gems of Art on Paper Illustrated American Fiction and Poetry, 1785-1885 / Georgia Brady Barnhill.

Descript 1 online resource (xx, 332 pages) : illustrations Series Book collections on Project MUSE. 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. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide 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. (OCoLC)fst01076612 Illustration of books. (OCoLC)fst00967406 Illustrated books. (OCoLC)fst00967377 American literature. (OCoLC)fst00807113 United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155 1700-1899 Alt Author Project Muse. distributor. ISBN 9781625346216 (electronic bk.) 9781613768976 (electronic bk.) 1613768974 (electronic bk.) 9781625346209 (electronic bk.) 9781613768969 (electronic bk.) 1613768966 (electronic bk.) 1625346212 (electronic bk.) 1625346204 (electronic bk.)