Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815, British

Published 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
Dimensions:
Sheet:
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
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1998.14.981
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
caricature | caricatures | satire
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:69913