Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift: 'The king commands him to bring one of his chairs out of the box and sit down upon the top of the cabinet'
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
260 x 212 mm
Order this imageCollection
Plas Newydd, Anglesey
NT 1175540.6
Summary
Print, engraving, Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift: 'The king commands him to bring one of his chairs out of the box and sit down upon the top of the cabinet' 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 a frame composed of two busts on pedestals above piled books, a globe, an hour-glass, an ink pot spilling over on to a skull etc, Gulliver addresses the King Of Brobdingnag from his box, engraving on paper, gilt frame, moulded with decorated filet.
Makers and roles
Rex Whistler (Eltham 1905 - Normandy 1944) , artist Cresset Press, printer