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Animal People: Images of Animals as People in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries

by Joel Goldstein

A visual history of animals imagined in human roles

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A visual history of animals imagined in human roles

Drawing on more than four hundred images from advertisements, book illustration, postcards, and other ephemera, Animal People surveys nineteenth- and early twentieth-century depictions of animals acting and appearing like people. The material spans a wide visual range, from strikingly realistic renderings to comic scenes, showing how anthropomorphic animals circulated across popular printed culture. Alongside the image collection, the book includes a history of the subject, placing these varied examples within the broader tradition of representing animal figures in human form.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Fans of historical illustration and printed ephemera
  • Readers interested in anthropomorphic animal imagery
  • Design and graphic-arts browsers seeking a large visual collection

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AnthropomorphismHistorical illustrationPrinted ephemeraAnimals in popular cultureVisual history

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Book overview

Animal People is a collection of over four hundred illustrations from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries selected from advertisements, book illustrations, postcards, and other ephemera. They detail an extraordinary variety of animals in human form and activity ranging from the hauntingly realistic to the endearingly comic. The book also includes a history of the subject.
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