tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post8111656979142641146..comments2024-03-29T00:33:16.988-07:00Comments on The Victorianist: “The Produce and Refuse of Civilization Announced in Staring Letters, in Daubed Effigies, Base, Paltry, Grotesque…” Or: Victorian Advertising:The Amateur Casualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15553683833137054780noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post-65991367461844877162012-03-30T05:21:51.615-07:002012-03-30T05:21:51.615-07:00There are a few earlier examples of pieces written...There are a few earlier examples of pieces written prior to the 1863 article I feature, with the Dickens article from Household Words perhaps being the most famous.<br /><br />Around the time of the international exhibition of '51 seems to have been the birth of the glut of advertising, but the 1887 Jubilee was when it really took off, and newspapers for the next ten years carried quite a few letters to editors complaining about advertising, and a fair few court cases involving it, too.The Amateur Casualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15553683833137054780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post-74853871686789620602012-03-30T04:30:36.172-07:002012-03-30T04:30:36.172-07:00Dickens, "Bill-Sticking" (1851) seems to...Dickens, "Bill-Sticking" (1851) seems to suggest that your 1860s date is a bit late.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09947657741716663121noreply@blogger.com