"An exterior scene set among ruins; to left the naked buttocks of Gulliver to whom an enema is being administered by a crowd of Lilliputians; to right their prime minister, carried in a thimble, supervises operations while beyond a rat carries off a child."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Punishment inflicted on Lemuel Gulliver
Description:
Printmaker, state and publisher from Paulson., Lettered below image with title followed by the quote: Nll Mrrg, Cht Nf. ndw Lps ccpc &c.&c. shd b. Prgd. See Gullivers Speech to the Honble. House of Vulgaria in Lilliput., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Originally published in 1726 as 'The Punishment inflicted on Lemuel Gulliver', this state was reissued with a new title in 1757 by Robert Sayer, who owned the plate, for which and further comment see 1858,0417.543. This state, with the publication line removed, was included in Sayer's collection of 1768, alongside the Hudibras series., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters., and On page 163 in volume 2.
Publisher:
Robert Sayer
Subject (Name):
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Subject (Topic):
Enema, Ladders, Adoration, Children, Rats, Preachers, Pulpits, and Chamber pots
The prisoner Gulliver is shown being presented to the Queen of Babilary
Alternative Title:
Gulliver presented to the Queen of Babilary
Description:
Title from Paulson., Caption title below image: Gulliver presented to the Queen of Babilary., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note above print in Steevens's hand: Gulliver 171., and On page 52 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: sheet 14.3 x 7.7 cm.
"An exterior scene set among ruins; to left the naked buttocks of Gulliver to whom an enema is being administered by a crowd of Lilliputians; to right their prime minister, carried in a thimble, supervises operations while beyond a rat carries off a child."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Alternative form of title
Description:
Title, state, and publisher from Paulson., Caption below image: The punishment inflicted on Lemuel Gulliver by applying a Lilypucian fire engine to his posteriors for his urinal profanation of the Royal Palace at Mildendo which was intended as a frontispiece to his first volume but omitted., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d edit, p. 331., and On page 163 in volume 2.
