"Sixteen international scholars uncover neglected histories about the contributions of eighteenth-century women to making, selling and publishing prints and emphasise the creativity and acumen they displayed. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details"--
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Introduction: hidden legacies Cristina S. Martinez and Cynthia E. Roman; Part I. Self-Presentation and Self-Promotion: 1. Show-offs: women's self-portrait prints c. 1700 Madeleine C. Viljoen; 2. Maria hadfield cosway's 'genius' for print: a didactic, commercial, and professional path Paris A. Spies-Gans; 3. Caroline Watson and the theatre of printmaking Heather McPherson; 4. 'Talent and untiring diligence': the print legacy of Angelika Kauffmann, Marie Ellenrieder and Maria Katharina Prestel F. Carlo Schmid; Part II. Spaces of Production: 5. 'Living in the bosom of a numerous and worthy family': women printmakers learning to Engrave in late eighteenth-century London Hannah Lyons; 6. Divine secrets of a printmaking sisterhood: the professional and familial networks of the Horthemels and Hémery sisters Kelsey. D. Martin; 7. Yielding an impression of women printmakers in eighteenth-century France Rena M. Hoisington; 8. Laura piranesi 'incise': a woman printmaker following in her father's footsteps Rita Bernini; 9. Etchings by ladies, 'not artists' Cynthia E. Roman; Part III. Competing in the Market: Acumen in Business and Law: 10. Mary Darly, fun Merchant and Caricaturist Sheila O'Connell; 11. A changing industry: women publishing and selling prints in London, 1740-1800 Amy Torbert; 12. Jane Hogarth: A printseller's imprint on copyright law Cristina S. Martinez; 13. Shells to satire: the career of Hannah Humphrey (1750-1818) Tim Clayton; 14. Encouraging Rowlandson - the women who mattered Nicholas JS Knowles; 15. Female printmakers and printsellers in the early American republic: Eliza Cox Akin and Mary Graham Charles Allison M. Stagg.
