The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver.–Vide. Swift's Gulliver: Voyage to Brobdingnag, June 26, 1803, Hand-colored etching and aquatint, sheet (clipped impression): 12 1/16 x 9 5/8 in. (30.6 x 24.4 cm), Prints, James Gillray (British, Chelsea 1756–1815 London), After Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Braddyll (British, 1776–1862), Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of France, perches on the hand of his enemy King George III who regards him through a spyglass. Five weeks before this print was published, the tenuous Peace of Amiens between Britain and France had broken down
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King, Brobdingnag, Gulliver.–Vide, Swift, Gulliver, Voyage, June 26, 1803, Hand-colored etching, aquatint, sheet, clipped impression, 12 1/16 x 9 5/8, 30.6 24.4 cm, Prints, James Gillray, British, Chelsea, 1756–1815, London, After Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Braddyll, 1776–1862, Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul, France, perches, hand, enemy King, George, III, regards, spyglass, Five weeks, print, published, tenuous Peace, Amiens, Britain, broken down
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