‘His Political Life Story Told in Pictures’ : The Visual Construction of the Political Persona of Joseph Chamberlain
This article argues that the increasing use of press images around 1900 contributed to the construction of the political persona of the British Statesman Joseph Chamberlain. These images fused scenes from his public and private life and, paradoxically, the new focus on his private characteristics reinforced his public role. His private life did not replace his public side, nor was the private unre
