Your 2008 Swann Award Recipients

The Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon has announced its academic grant winners for the 2008-2009 period.

* Marie Stephanie Delamaire, in support of her research "on the influence of French academic painting traditions on the work of Thomas Nast" (cartoon from Nast picture at left).
* Mazie Harris, in support of her work on Henry Louis Stephens.
* Jared Richman, in support of his work on "political caricature as part of the visual culture that shaped popular attitudes toward America during the Romantic Era."
* Christina Smylitopoulos, for her research into the figure of the nabob.
* Veronica White, for her work on the artistic depiction of married women from 1745 to 1821.

The foundation was founded in 1967 and was bequeathed to current administrator the Library of Congress upon Swann's passing in 1973.
 
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