In 1774, Paul Revere engraved a version of Franklin’s cartoon, calling the American colonists to unite against England. With the development of mass printing technologies, political cartoonists ...

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Fascinated by political cartoons and the use of art in political ... views and in doing so played a significant role in the development of satire. Shortly after Victoria took the throne in 1837 ...

“Technological developments encouraged a switch from verbal to visual satire, and the era witnessed the development of ... we still need political cartoons as much as ever.