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Monthly Sheet of Caricatures

British journal

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The Monthly Sheet of Caricatures was a British journal that began publication in London in 1830. It was lithographed and published by Thomas McLean, who issued hundreds of political caricatures during a significant period of modern legislation. Robert Seymour was an artist for McLean, working in the style of Gillray, while John Doyle also contributed. Doyle's son, Richard, became a master of subtler British cartooning and was part of the initial staff of Punch magazine when it launched in 1841.1

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