Joseph Grego

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Joseph Grego

1843–1908

Best remembered for bringing Britain’s great caricaturists vividly back into view, this energetic Victorian writer mixed art history with the eye of a collector and the curiosity of a journalist. His books on satirical prints helped preserve a lively corner of British visual culture.

3 Audiobooks

Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 2

Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 2

by Joseph Grego

A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering in the Old Days Showing the State of Political Parties and Party Warfare at the Hustings and in the House of Commons from the Stuarts to Queen Victoria

A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering in the Old Days Showing the State of Political Parties and Party Warfare at the Hustings and in the House of Commons from the Stuarts to Queen Victoria

by Joseph Grego

Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 1

Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 1

by Joseph Grego

About the author

Born in London in 1843, Joseph Grego was an art writer, journalist, collector, and dealer with a strong interest in prints and illustration. He became especially known for his work on British caricature and graphic satire, combining research with a close attention to the images themselves.

His best-known books include studies of Thomas Rowlandson and James Gillray, as well as work connected with Punch and with William Makepeace Thackeray. Contemporary and later reference sources describe him not only as a writer on art but also as someone interested in printing and image reproduction, which helped shape the visual richness of his publications.

Grego died in 1908. Today he is chiefly remembered as a lively guide to 18th- and 19th-century British humor in art, and as a writer whose books helped keep the history of caricature accessible to later readers.