Gillray, James (1756 – 1815) – ‘The King of Brobdingnag, and Gulliver’.

'The King of Brobdingnag, and Gulliver'. Etching and aquatint. 'Pubd. June 26th. 1803 -by H- Humphrey 27 St Jamess Street'. George III, looking through a spy-glass at Napoleon, standing on his hand, 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 conclude you to be one of the most pernicious, little odious reptiles, that nature ever suffer'd to crawl upon the surface of the Earth'. 14x10 inches.