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- Title:
Gulliver Addressing the Houyhnhnms
- Former Title(s):
Gulliver Addressing the Houyhnhnms Supposing Them to be Conjurers [1978, Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings, catalogue]
- Date:
- 1769
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 41 x 55 inches (104.1 x 139.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower left: "S. Gilpin. 1769."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.311
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.311FR
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | black | cliffs | clouds | horses (animals) | literary theme | rocks (landforms) | ship | sky | storm | waterfall | white (color)
- Associated People:
- Gulliver, Lemuel, fictional protagonist and narrator of 'Gulliver's Travels', a novel written by Jonathan Swift, first published in 1726
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:803
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