The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver.-Vide. Swift's Gulliver: Voyage to Brobdingnag June 26, 1803 James Gillray British 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. The title refers to Jonathans Swifts Gullivers Travels (1726), in which the protagonist visits a land of giants, describes his nations political system to the king, and provokes a disgusted response. At first glance, this seems a supremely confident image: the huge figure of King George can barely see his tiny enemy. But Napoleons swagger and unsheathed saber hint at danger. Indeed, once hostilities resumed, the French began to construct an invasion fleet at Boulogne, and Londoners feared that they might soon see enemies marching up Piccadilly. Gillrays prints helped to establish a paradigmatic image of Napoleon.. The Kin

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The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver.-Vide. Swift's Gulliver: Voyage to Brobdingnag June 26, 1803 James Gillray British 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. The title refers to Jonathans Swifts Gullivers Travels (1726), in which the protagonist visits a land of giants, describes his nations political system to the king, and provokes a disgusted response. At first glance, this seems a supremely confident image: the huge figure of King George can barely see his tiny enemy. But Napoleons swagger and unsheathed saber hint at danger. Indeed, once hostilities resumed, the French began to construct an invasion fleet at Boulogne, and Londoners feared that they might soon see enemies marching up Piccadilly. Gillrays prints helped to establish a paradigmatic image of Napoleon.. The Kin

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