Abstract
Abstract: This essay discusses an online exhibit we are developing on Sarah Sophia Banks's collection of ephemera relating to the London Monster, who attacked women in London between 1788 and 1790. Our exhibit contextualizes Banks's collections of print illustrations and clippings describing the Monster's attacks on white women amid the exploitation and rape of women of color across the British Empire. Bringing together scans from Banks's collections on the Monster alongside other illustrations on the topic from the Huntington Library, our exhibit offers opportunities for uncovering relationships across these collections, while examining colonialism and the nature of print culture in the Romantic era.
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