2-755-799 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Gulliver leaves Lilliput, lantern slide, late 19th century. '...when all was prepared, I sent to receive his majesty's commands, and to take my leave. Having thus prepared all things as well as I was able, I set sail on the twenty-fourth day of September 1701, at six in the morning...'. 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.