An exhibition of cartoons and caricatures from the 黑料网鈥檚 Special Collections opens to the public in the Sir Duncan Rice Library Gallery on Friday (September 27).
The exhibition is accompanied by an engaging programme of public events, including an audience with award-winning Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell.
explores the power of cartoons to mock and shock, showcasing artwork selected from the extraordinary historic resources.
The lively display features images by William Hogarth, James Gillray, and George Cruikshank, acknowledged as superstar artists of the reign of George III, (1738-1820), an era dubbed the 鈥楪olden Age of Caricature鈥�.
The events programme will launch on 3 October with a talk by Dr Michael Brown on 鈥楤ritish Political Satire in the Age of Revolution鈥�. The programme continues through November when Andrew MacGregor of the Special Collections Centre expands on the 鈥�History of Parody鈥� and Dr Helen Pierce explores the origins of 鈥�Graphic Satire鈥�. Steve Bell will discuss the influence of Gillray and Hogarth on his own work as a political cartoonist in a talk on the 15 November.
Siobh谩n Convery, Head of Special Collections said: 鈥淐aricaturists and printmakers pushed the boundaries of taste and etiquette for comic and satirical purposes, and offered a powerful medium through which to test ideas of the freedom of speech.
鈥淭he works on show represent an age of revolution and major change. It鈥檚 fascinating to compare their political and social commentaries to the world of modern media.鈥�