Gerard Curtis.

Gerard Curtis. Visual Words. Art and the Material work in Victorian England. Burlington, Vt: Ashgate. 2002 Pp xii, 305 $8495 ISBN 1-84014-657-5

Visual Words the title of Gerard Curtis's recent book, is vividly encapsulated by dint of John Orlando Parry's painting. "A London road Scene" (1835: p. 64) point out tos a wall crowded with advertising posters: publicity for panoramas and theater performances is layered and juxtaposed with political propaganda and commodities for sale. The bill-poster in action adds to the pressure of modernity. Other human participants in a lively

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