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James Gillray
1756-1815
The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver / designed by an amateur ; etched by Js. Gillray.
London : Publish'd Feby. 10th. 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street, [1804]
etching, hand colored
image: 309 x 451 mm; plate mark: 353 x 453 mm; sheet: 460 x 595 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.439
Notes
After a watercolor by Col. Thomas Richard Gale Braddyll.
Caption title followed by text: (Plate 2d) -- Scene. - "Gulliver manoeuvring with his little boat in the cistern" - Vide Swift's Gulliver [followed by a long quotation from Swift terminated with "See, Voyage to Brobdingnag"]
Caption title followed by text: (Plate 2d) -- Scene. - "Gulliver manoeuvring with his little boat in the cistern" - Vide Swift's Gulliver [followed by a long quotation from Swift terminated with "See, Voyage to Brobdingnag"]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
A sequel to BMSat 10019. King George III and Queen Charlotte seated on chairs of state, watch a small rectangular tank in which Napoleon as Gulliver sails his boat. Lord Salisbury stands behind king's chair. Four princesses and three pages also look on.
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Braddyll, Thomas Richard Gale, 1776-1862, designer
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
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