2-755-794 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Gulliver is thanked by the emperor of Lilliput after capturing the Blefuscudians' ships, lantern slide, late 19th century. 'The emperor and his whole court stood on the shore...This great prince received me at my landing with all possible encomiums, and created me a nardac upon the spot, which is the highest title of honour among them'. A scene from "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift, first published in 1726. One of a series of 12 'Superior Lithographic Coloured Lantern Slides...with Lecture complete', made in England c1870-1900.