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  • Chapter 12 - Jane Hogarth: A Printseller’s Imprint on Copyright Law

  • from Part III - Competing in the Market: Acumen in Business and Law
  • Edited by Cristina S. Martinez, University of Ottawa, Cynthia E. Roman, Yale University
  • Book:
    Female Printmakers, Printsellers, and Print Publishers in the Eighteenth Century
    Published online:
    14 March 2024
    Print publication:
    21 March 2024, pp 189-206
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    The chapter is dedicated to the active career of the eighteenth-century printseller Jane Hogarth, widow of the painter and engraver William Hogarth. It looks at the means Jane employed to face competitors, namely by turning to copyright law in an effort to protect her property. In doing so, she set an important precedent in copyright law, whereby she obtained a special provision that would grant her the exclusive right to sell her husband’s prints. Letters, newspaper advertisements, legal reports, and even satirical prints by contemporaries offer insight into Jane’s commercial dealings, her powers of persuasion and the impact of her achievements.

Female Printmakers, Printsellers, and Print Publishers in the Eighteenth Century
  • The Imprint of Women, c. 1700–1830
  • Edited by Cristina S. Martinez, Cynthia E. Roman
  • Published online:
    14 March 2024
    Print publication:
    21 March 2024
  • A ground-breaking contribution that broadens our understanding of the history of prints, this edited volume assembles international senior and rising scholars and showcases an array of exciting new research that reassesses the history of women in the graphic arts c. 1700 to 1830. Sixteen essays present archival findings and insightful analyses that tell compelling stories about women across social classes and nations who persevered against the obstacles of their gender to make vital contributions as creative and skilled graphic artists, astute entrepreneurs and savvy negotiators of copyright law in Britain, France, Germany, Holland, Italy and the United States. The book is a valuable resource for both students and instructors, offers important new perspectives for print scholars and aims to provide impetus for further research. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.