Romeyn de Hooghe's cartoons for William of Orange were first example of political satire, a historian argues
Granger / Shutterstock Itâs long been thought that political satire was born in the coffee houses of 18th century London, where waspish gossip was exchanged, Tatler was born and cartoons by the likes of William Hogarth and James Gillray ruffled the feathers of the rich and powerful. Now, a historian is suggesting that the tradition in fact had its roots decades earlier than thought, in Dutch propaganda produced for William of Orange at the time of the deposition of Englandâs James II. The Times reports on Meredith Haleâs findings, a historian from the University of Exeter, wh...
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