The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
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Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Braddyll, Thomas , 1776-1862, artist. - Published / Created
- [26 June 1803]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. June 26th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
- Abstract
-
"George III, half length, stands in profile to the left, a holding a tiny Napoleon on the palm of his right hand, and inspecting him through a spy-glass. He says: "My little friend Grildrig, you have made a most admirable \ "panegyric upon Yourself and Country, but from what I can \ "gather from your own relation & the answers I have with \ "much pains wringed & extorted from you, I cannot but con- \ "-clude you to be one of the most pernicious, little - odious \ "-reptiles, that nature ever suffer'd to crawl upon the surface of the Earth." He wears military uniform with a bag-wig. The only background is a dark cloud-like shadow across the lower part of the design."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Artist identified as Lt-Col Thomas Braddyll, a young amateur who supplied designs for satirical prints to James Gillray. See British Museum catalogue.
Text following title: Vide Swift's Gulliver: Voyage to Brobdingnag.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge.
1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.5 x 25.4 cm, on sheet 36.6 x 27.4 cm.
Mounted on leaf 59 of volume 5 of 12. - Provenance
- From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 37.0 x 28.2 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 5
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1803
Etchings England London 1803
Aquatints England London 1803 - Material
- etching & aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. - Subject (Topic)
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Adaptations, parodies, etc
Telescopes
Military uniforms
British
French - Subjects
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 > Adaptations, parodies, etc
Telescopes
Military uniforms > British
Military uniforms > French
England > 1803
England > London > 1803
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12318685
- Object ID (OID)
- 11858812
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