James Gillray

The King of Brobdingnag, and Gulliver

Maker

James Gillray (British, 1756-1815), designer
Hannah Humphrey, publisher

Title

The King of Brobdingnag, and Gulliver

Year

1803

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

aquatint, hand coloring

Supports

Dimensions

35.7 x 25.4 cm (14 1/16 x 10 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:in pencil inscribed, UL and LC:Gillray; inscribed, LR:25- ; inscribed, LL:L-d-n/#58In Plate--Titled, LC:The KING of BROBDINGNAG and GULLIVER,/__Vide, Swift's Gulliver:Voyage to Brobdingnag. ; inscribed, LC:Pub_d June 26_th. 1803 - by H. Humphrey 27 S_t James's Street; inscribed in bubble above figure's head:My little friend Grildrig, you have made a most admirable/panygyric 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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

72.015

Type

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Tombstone

James Gillray (British, 1756-1815), designer
Hannah Humphrey, publisher
The King of Brobdingnag, and Gulliver, 1803
etching; aquatint; engraving; hand coloring
35.7 x 25.4 cm (14 1/16 x 10 inches) (plate)
Museum Works of Art Fund 72.015

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