Title above image., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., In margin lower left: Propriété de l'éditeur. (Déposé.), This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Giantism.
Publisher:
Fabrique de Pellerin, Imprimeur Libraire, à Épinal
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"King and Queen on two giants' shoulders crossing the Thames; common people in small boats bothered by the waves sended up by the giants."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Royalty and loyalty making gigantic strides
Description:
Title from item., Initials of printmaker Charles Jameson Grant in bottom center portion of design., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Wood engraving with letterpress text., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint and series statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Numbered "99" in brown ink in upper left portion of design., and No. 99.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849
Subject (Topic):
Giants (Fictitious characters), Wading, Rowboats, and Steamboats
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures lent., Temporary local subject terms: Napoleonic wars, 2nd Coalition: reference to Suvorov's victories in Italy, 1799 -- Weapons -- Emblems: Russian two-headed eagle., and Mounted to 42 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Published July 15, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilʹevich, kni︠a︡zʹ Italiĭskiĭ, 1730-1800
Subject (Topic):
Daggers & swords, Giants (Fictitious characters), and Pipes (Smoking)
A small print depicting a scene from Homer's Odyssey as he sails back to his home in Ithaca: Two Laestrygonian, who are giants, one who upends one Odysseus's ships as other eats one of the men as the fail into the sea. The high cliffs of Lamos is in the distance on the right
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Possibly a book illustration?
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Laestrygonians (Greek mythology), Giants (Fictitious characters), Cannibalism, and Ships
