The King's dwarf plays Gulliver a trick [graphic].

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Title
The King's dwarf plays Gulliver a trick [graphic].
Creator
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Contributor
Fores, S. W. publisher.
Published / Created
[18 October 1803]
Publication Place
London and England London
Publisher
Pubd October 18th 1803 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly
Abstract

A satire on Napoleon. "The 'dwarf' (Lord Kirkcudbright) stands beside Glumdalclitch's empty chair at the dinner-table. A marrow-bone stands erect on the plate; from this emerges Napoleon, three-quarter length., wearing his bicorne and clenching both fists. The 'dwarf' says: "There you little insignificant Pigmy, I've Bone'd you." Kirkcudbright, in profile to the right., is based on Gillray's caricature, see BMSat 9905, head, figure, dress and sword being closely copied; but he stands chapeau-bras, and the arms and hands are differently posed: r. hand on the edge of the table, left hand held up derisively above Napoleon. The legs are cut off below the knee by the lower margin. On the back of the chair is a crown; on plate, knife, and fork are the Royal Arms."--British Musuen online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Text following title: Vide Swift's Gulliver, Voyage to Brobingnag.
Sheet trimmed with loss of imprint statement. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum. See Registration number 1868,0808.7205.
Provenance
Bloomsbury, 25 June 2015, Sale 36176, Lot 42, Jarndyce for LWL with one other print; July 2015.
Extent
1 print : sheet 28.5 x 23.2 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
803.10.18.01

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1803
Aquatints England London 1803
Watermarks (Paper)
Material
aquatint with etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Kirkcudbright, John Maclellan, Lord, 1729-1801
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Subject (Topic)
Caricatures and cartoons
Adaptations, parodies, etc
Subjects
Kirkcudbright, John Maclellan, Lord, 1729-1801 > Caricatures and cartoons
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 > Adaptations, parodies, etc
England > 1803
England > London > 1803

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Orbis Record
12497684
Object ID (OID)
15489956

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