The Mass Image

A Social History of Photomechanical Reproduction in Victorian London

• Author(s): G. Beegan,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 302
• ISBN_10: 0230589928
  ISBN_13: 9780230589926
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Science / History , History / Social History , History / Europe / Great Britain / General , Art / General , Social Science / Media Studies , Science / General ,

Description:... The Mass Image situates the creation of the first photographically illustrated magazines within the social relations of the emerging popular culture of late Victorian London. It demonstrates how photomechanical reproduction allowed the illustrated press to envisage modern life on a much more intense scale than ever before.