The works on view in Ink & Outrage: 18th-Century Satirical Prints in London & Dublin reveal a world of biting and provocative humor that was part of the larger culture at the time. Georgian Britain had a veritable community of visual artists, composers, and writers who skewered the follies of elite society, political corruption, and the kind of outrageous but all-too-human behavior that characterizes people in general. The caricaturists shared the perceptive and acerbic spirit of writers like Jane Austen, Maria Edgeworth, and Thomas Love Peacock, and composes such as Charles Dibdin and Stephen Storace. At the same time, Ireland was romanticized in England with ballads and melancholy songs.

Art historian Jeff Nigro will delve into how this imagery functions in its historical context. Soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg and pianist Stephen Alltop will offer musical perspectives with a variety of whimsical and reflective songs, and that favorite of the Georgian parlor, The Battle of Prague by František Kocžwara.

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