Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815, BritishPublished by Hannah Humphrey, ca. 1745–1818, British
Title:
The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver
Date:
1803
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
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Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper center: "'My little friend Grildrig, you have made a most admirable | panegyric upon yourself and and Country, but from what I can | gather from your own relation & the answers I have with | much pains wringed and 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.'"; lower center: "The King of Brobdingnag, and Gulliver. | - Vide. Swift's Gulliver: Voyage to Brobdingnag."; lettered below image, lower center: "Pubd. June 26th, 1803. by H. Humphrey 27 St Jamess Street"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection