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Five things we learned from the father of the political cartoon

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageThe Plumb-Pudding in Danger: The greatest political cartoon ever.

It has been 200 years since the death of James Gillray, the artist widely regarded as the father of the modern political cartoon. It’s an anniversary we ought to celebrate.

In a career that spanned 30 years, from the 1780s to the early 1800s, Gillray produced political cartoons...

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