Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift: 'A dozen apples each as large as a Bristol Barrel come tumbling about his ears'
Rex Whistler (Eltham 1905 - Normandy 1944)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1930
Materials
Print on paper, in an acid free mount and glazed gilt frame.
Measurements
280 x 205 mm
Order this imageCollection
Plas Newydd, Anglesey
NT 1175540.5
Summary
Print, engraving, Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift: 'A dozen apples each as large as a Bristol Barrel come tumbling about his ears' by Rex (Reginald) John Whistler (Eltham 1905 - Normandy 1944). One of six engravings from a special limited edition of 'Gulliver's Travels' printed by Cresset Press 1930 Within an arch, below which stone heads spout water into a shallow circular basin, the Brobdingnagian dwarf shakes apples down on Gulliver, engraving on paper, gilt frame, moulded with decorated filet.
Makers and roles
Rex Whistler (Eltham 1905 - Normandy 1944) , artist Cresset Press, printer