Graphic culture : illustration and artistic enterprise in Paris, 1830-1848

Cover; Graphic Culture; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Illustrator of Modern Life; 2 The Editor as Ragpicker City Guides and Urban Connoisseurship; 3 Marketing Vision Publishers, Posters, and Parisian Types; 4 The Hours of Her Day Fashion Prints, Feminine Ideals, and the Circle of Achille Devéria; 5 Gavarni's Costumes Masquerade and the Social Theatres of Paris; Conclusion; Illustrations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
How print pioneers transformed sketches of urban life and observation into conspicuous cultural currency.