The King of Brobdingnag, and Gulliver. Vide - Swifts Gullivers voyage to Brobdingnag

The King of Brobdingnag, and Gulliver. Vide - Swifts Gullivers voyage to Brobdingnag

Item Information

Title:
The King of Brobdingnag, and Gulliver. Vide - Swifts Gullivers voyage to Brobdingnag
Title (alt.):
The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver
Description:
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 wears military uniform with a bag-wig. The only background is a dark cloud-like shadow across the lower part of the design (BM). / This clever design is said to have been the work of Lieut.-Colonel Bradyll, of the Coldstream Guards, and not of Gillray, who it is presumed only etched it (Wright/Evans).
Etcher:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815
Date:
June 26, 1803
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James Gillray (1756-1815). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Kings
Emperors
Optical devices
Inspections
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 32 x 23 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
London : Published by John Miller, Bridge Street & W. Blackwood, Edinburgh
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Alternative title from Wright/Evans.
BM Satires 10019; Wright/Evans 286
Additional information accompanying item: From the 1824 Gillray collection of copies, etched and published by John Miller and W. Blackwood.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Louis Black; December 1953
Notes (date):
Date from Wright/Evans.
Reproduction. Date indicated is Gillray's original publication date.
Notes (citation):
Stephens, Frederic George, George, Mary Dorothy. "Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum." British Museum Press, 1870, London.
Wright, Thomas, R. H. Evans. "Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures of James Gillray." Benjamin Blom, 1968, New York.
Identifier:
18_17_000066
Barcode:
36666004443400