The King of Brobdingnag, and Gulliver

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“George III, half length, stands in profile to the left, holding a tiny Napoleon on the palm of his right hand, and inspecting him through a spy-glass. He says: “My little friend Grildrig, you have made a most admirable \ “panegyric 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.” He wears military uniform with a bag-wig. The only background is a dark cloud-like shadow across the lower part of the design.”–British Museum online catalogue.

  • PrintmakerGillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
  • TitleThe King of Brobdingnag, and Gulliver [graphic].
  • Published[London : Pubd. June 26th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James’s Street, 26 June 1803]

Catalog Record & Digital Collection

803.06.26.01+

Acquired December 2014