1726 Collection

Gulliver in Lilliput
Gulliver is tied down by the people of Lilliput

Gulliver in Brobdingnag
He is tormented by the Kings jester, who is jealous of his small size

James Hutton
JAMES HUTTON Scottish geologist

Lilliputians / Sneezing
A couple of inquisitive Lilliputians climb inside Gullivers snuff box & sneeze & sneeze

Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591). Italian Jesuit. Colored
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591). Italian Jesuit seminarian and student at the Roman college. He died in Rome, at the service of persons infected by the plague

Gulliver / Lilliput / Sport
Gulliver watches the sports of the courtiers

Gulliver / Houyhnhnnms
The Houyhnhnm graciously permits Gulliver to kiss his hoof

Gulliver Tied / Lilliput
Gulliver is tied up by the people of Lilliput: " I attempted to rise, but was not able to stir."

Eyre Coote (Elder) - 1
SIR EYRE COOTE (the elder) British military commander, notably in Bengal, India : with military ornaments. Date: 1726 - 1783

ISaC FAWKES (d. 1731). English conjurer. Isaac Fawkes performing his bag trick, producing eggs and birds. Woodcut from an 1726 advertisement

Gulliver / Blefuscudian
Gulliver captures the Blefuscudian fleet

Gulliver / Servants / Lillip
He is given six hundred servants to wait on him

Waterworks at York Buildings, Strand, supplying water to London from the Thames. Westminster Bridge in background
531769 Waterworks at York Buildings, Strand, supplying water to London from the Thames. Westminster Bridge in background. Savery steam engine unsuccessful: Newcomen engine installed 1726

Jonathan Swift Gullivers Travels, early 20th century (chromolithograph)
536991 Jonathan Swift Gullivers Travels, early 20th century (chromolithograph); (add.info.: scene showing Gulliver walking about on the table at the inn as Glumdalcitch)

Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium Hand-coloured engraving based on Maria Sibylla Merian watercolour. 1726 edition

Portrait of man in Polish costume, a pipe in hand, 1726
Alexis Grimou (1678-1733). French painter. Portrait of man in Polish costume, a pipe in hand, 1726. Louvre Museum. Paris. France. Date: 2008

VENEZUELAN MOURNING
Venezuelan natives weep over the body of a dead cacique (ruler) Date: 1726

MOURNING, MEXICO 1726
Mexicans mourning their dead Date: 1726

VENEZUELAN MAGIC
Venezuelan natives, after burning the body of a dead cacique (ruler) drink his ashes, in hope of inheriting his virtues and strength Date: 1726

MOURNING, GUINEA
Men of Guinea, West Africa, honour their dead Date: 1726

GULLIVER IN LAPUTA
He meets the Governor of the Island of Sorcerers, where the servants are dead spirits : great men of the past are summoned and speak with him. Date: First published: 1726

VISIONS ON GLUBBDUBRIB
GULLIVER ON GLUBBDUBRIB On the Island of Sorcerers, the Magicians are served by spirits called from the dead. Great men of the past are summoned to speak with him. Date: First published: 1726

The writing machine from the Academy of Lagado, Balnibarbi in
3514779 The writing machine from the Academy of Lagado, Balnibarbi in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World better know as Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift by English School

L & Co Ship 1726 logo used by Longmans Green and Company (now Longmans
5615712 L & Co Ship 1726 logo used by Longmans Green and Company (now Longmans ) as its publishers or printers device from around 1880

Historical Relics of the Old East India Company (b / w photo)
1596634 Historical Relics of the Old East India Company (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Historical Relics of the Old East India Company)

Metamorphosis of various insects, 1726 (hand-coloured engraving)
986121 Metamorphosis of various insects, 1726 (hand-coloured engraving) by Sluiter or Sluyter, Pieter (c.1675-p.1713); 50.5x33.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Metamorphosis of various insects)

Title page from Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World
3514774 Title page from Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World better know as Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift by English School

Map showing location of Lilliput from first edition of
3514775 Map showing location of Lilliput from first edition of Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World better know as Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift by English School

Map showing location of the Houyhnhnms Land from first edition of
3514777 Map showing location of the Houyhnhnms Land from first edition of Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World better know as Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift by English School

House occupied by the East India Company, Leadenhall Street, London, as refaced in 1726 (coloured engraving)
586179 House occupied by the East India Company, Leadenhall Street, London, as refaced in 1726 (coloured engraving) by Malton, Thomas Snr

The Chestnut Arabian of Hampton Court, c. 1726 (oil on canvas)
990568 The Chestnut Arabian of Hampton Court, c.1726 (oil on canvas) by Wootton, John (c.1682-1765); 148x172.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Chestnut Arabian of Hampton Court)

Various Arachnids from South America, 1726 (hand-coloured engraving)
986257 Various Arachnids from South America, 1726 (hand-coloured engraving) by Merian, Maria Sibylla Graff (1647-1717); 52.2x35.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Frontispiece portrait of Captain Lemuel Gulliver from
3514778 Frontispiece portrait of Captain Lemuel Gulliver from Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World better know as Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift by English School

Map showing location of Brobdingnag from first edition of
3514776 Map showing location of Brobdingnag from first edition of Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World better know as Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift by English School

Stoneleigh Abbey is the largest house in Warwickshire, England. The impressive facade of the West Wing dates from 1726 and was designed by Francis Smith of Warwick. Date: 18th century

MEXICAN TEMPLE
The great Temple of Vitsliputsli in the city of Mexico Date: 1726

ART / HOGARTH / HUDIBRAS
HUDIBRAS The manner how he sallies forth: Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling Date: c1721/1726

Hudibras by Samuel Butler
HUDIBRAS The Knight submits to Trulla: But Trulla thrust herself between, And striding oer his back agen Date: c1721/1726

TELESCOPE (HOGARTH)
an early but elegant model Date: 1726

PRISON REFORM / J HOWARD
John Howard (1726-1790), investigating the French penal system, is visited by an officer of the Prefecture Date: circa 1775-79

Portrait Louis XIV King France wears armor decorated
Portrait of Louis XIV, King of France, Louis XIV, King of France. He wears armor decorated with French lilies, wedge, armor, fleur-de-lis, ornament, Louis XIV (King of France)

Portrait of the violinist and composer Michele Mascitti (1663-1760), 1726. Creator: Anonymous
Portrait of the violinist and composer Michele Mascitti (1663-1760), 1726. Private Collection

Jonathan Swift (1667 1745). Gullivers Travels, 1726. Illu
Jonathan Swift (1667 1745). Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer. Gullivers Travels, 1726. Illustration by Andre Devambez (edition, 1911)

Gulliver & Laputa
The island floating in the air

Gulliver & Houyhnhnms
Gulliver discusses mankind with the Houyhnhnm

Gulliver in Brobdingnag
Much to his distress, Gulliver is admired by the ladies of the country

London England 1726 18th Century High View Aerial View
London, England, in 1726 as seen by an anonymous artist

Volcano Volcanoes Volcanic Mt. Etna Mount Etna
Eruption of Mt. Etna volcano, Sicily, Italy in 1726. After an 18th century work by an anonymous artist

Milan Map Milano Italy Italian City Cities 18th Century
Map of Milan, Italy, 1726. After an 18th century print by Daniel Stopendaal

View of Constantinople, after a work dated 1726

Breast portrait old woman 1726 oil canvas 40 x 30 cm
Breast portrait of an old woman, 1726, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm, signed and dated left above the right shoulder: Denner. 1726, Balthasar Denner, Hamburg 1685-1749 Rostock

Map Regna Hispaniarum atque PortugalliAŠ Gerhard Valk
Map, Regna Hispaniarum, atque Portugalliae, Gerhard Valk (-1726), Copperplate print

Map PrincipautA de Catalogne ou sont compris les comtAs de Roussil
Map, Principaute de Catalogne ou sont compris les comtes de Roussillon et de Cerdagne divisees en leurs vigueries, Gerhard Valk (-1726), Copperplate print

Map Asia Gerhard Valk -1726 Copperplate print
Map, Asia, Gerhard Valk (-1726), Copperplate print

Map Status Sabaudiae Gerhard Valk -1726 Copperplate print
Map, Status Sabaudiae, Gerhard Valk (-1726), Copperplate print

Map Delphinatus praefectura Gerhard Valk -1726
Map, Delphinatus praefectura, Gerhard Valk (-1726), Copperplate print

Map Fluminum princeps Danubius Gerhard Valk -1726
Map, Fluminum princeps Danubius, Gerhard Valk (-1726), Copperplate print

Map Principatus ValachiAŠ MoldaviAŠ et TransylvaniAŠ
Map, Principatus Valachiae, Moldaviae et Transylvaniae, Gerhard Valk (-1726), Copperplate print

Map Praefectura generalis Languedociae olim Occitania dicta
Map, Praefectura generalis Languedociae, olim Occitania dicta, Gerhard Valk (-1726), Copperplate print

Map Circulus Franconicus divisa ducatus Coburgi
Map, Circulus Franconicus divisa in ducatus Coburgi, Franconiae, et episcopatus Wurtzburgi, Bambergae, et Stadii; marchionatus Culmbachii, et Onspachii; comitatus Hennenbergae, Rheineci, Werthemii

Map Praefectura Piccardiae eaque partita comitatus Guinensem
Map, Praefectura Piccardiae; eaque partita in comitatus Guinensem, Bononiensem, ac Ponticum, Capellae praefecturum specialem: ut et Agros Vimesium, Veromanduum

Map Gerhard Valk -1726 Copperplate print
Map, Gerhard Valk (-1726), Copperplate print

Map Superior Burgundiae comitatus vulgo la Franche ComtA complectens praefecturas Amontii
Map, Superior Burgundiae comitatus; vulgo la Franche Comte complectens praefecturas Amontii, Dolae, Avalli quibus adjectus comitatus Montis Belligardi, Gerhard Valk (-1726), Copperplate print

Map Circuli Austriaci orientalior pars qua Austria propria et ab ea dependentes
Map, Circuli Austriaci orientalior pars in qua Austria propria et ab ea dependentes, tum ducatus, Stiriae, Carintiae, Carniola tum comitatus, hisce inclusi Cillensis et Goritiae singuli subdivisi

Map Hungaria universalis divisa proprie dictam Hungariam principatum septimonti regiones
Map, Hungaria universalis divisa in proprie dictam Hungariam principatum septimonti regiones Sclavoniae Croatiae Bosniae Moldaviae Valachiae Bessarabiae et Romaniae, Gerhard Valk (-1726)

Map PrAŠfectura PicardiAŠ Gerhard Valk -1726
Map, Praefectura Picardiae, Gerhard Valk (-1726), Copperplate print

Map Gubernatio insulae Franciae divisa electiones Lutetiae
Map, Gubernatio insulae Franciae, divisa in electiones Lutetiae, Augustae Suessionum, Novioduni, Lauduni, Compendii, Bellovaci, Dresiae, Nemursii etc

Map Hassia lantgraviatus tam Superior Casselanensis quam Inferior Da
Map, Hassia lantgraviatus tam Superior Casselanensis quam Inferior Darmstadina quibus includuntur et circujacent ducatus Anderlahn comitatus Rheinfelt Homburg Waldeck Solms Sigen Dillenburg

Map Moguntinorum tam archiepiscopatus quam electoratus reliquaeque regiones Lantgraviatuum
Map, Moguntinorum tam archiepiscopatus, quam electoratus reliquaeque regiones Lantgraviatuum, comitatuum &c. Quibus illi, quaeque illas circum, et interiacent, Gerhard Valk (-1726), Copperplate print

Map Circulus Suevicus complectens omnes status subdivisos ex quibus
Map, Circulus Suevicus complectens omnes status subdivisos ex quibus constat, Gerhard Valk (-1726), Copperplate print

Map Circulus Saxoniae Superioris divisa ducatus Saxoniae
Map, Circulus Saxoniae Superioris, divisa in ducatus Saxoniae, Altenburgi, Vinariae, Gothae, et Isenaci: principatum Anhaltinum: comitatus Suartenburgi, Barbiae

Map Circulus Saxoniae Inferioris divisa ducatus Brunsuici
Map, Circulus Saxoniae Inferioris, divisa in ducatus Brunsuici, Zellae, Holsatiae, Meklenburgi et Bremae, archiepiscopatum Magdeburgi, et episcopatus Hildesii et Halberstadii, Gerhard Valk (-1726)

Map Marchionatus et electoratus Brandeburgicus una et ducatus Pomera
Map, Marchionatus et electoratus Brandeburgicus una et ducatus Pomeraniae; in suas subdivisi ditiones: atque noviter descripti, Gerhard Valk (-1726), Copperplate print

Map Germania Gerhard Valk -1726 Copperplate print
Map, Germania, Gerhard Valk (-1726), Copperplate print

Map Les isles britanniques qui contiennent les royaumes d Angleterre
Map, Les isles britanniques, qui contiennent les royaumes d Angleterre, Escosse et Irlande, distinguies en leurs principales provinces, subdivisees en leurs shireries et comtes, Gerhard Valk (-1726)

Map Magna Britannia aut Anglia Scotia et Hibernia
Map, Magna Britannia aut Anglia, Scotia et Hibernia, Gerhard Valk (-1726), Copperplate print

Map Regnum Poloniae divisum magnum ducatum Lithuaniae
Map, Regnum Poloniae divisum in magnum ducatum Lithuaniae, magnam parvam que Poloniam, Prussiam, albam et rubram Russiam, Volhyniam, Podoliam, Ukraniam

Map Tabula ducatuum Livoniae et Curlandiae recentior incisa editaque
Map, Tabula ducatuum Livoniae et Curlandiae recentior incisa editaque per Gerardum Valck, Gerhard Valk (-1726), Copperplate print

Map Russia Alba sive Moscovia regio valde extensa divisaque
Map, Russia Alba, sive Moscovia regio valde extensa divisaque in regna, ducatus, principatus et provincias cum adjacentibus regnis cura Gerardi et Leonardi Valk, Gerhard Valk (-1726)

Map Europa pars tenet haec mundi reliquas celeberrima partes auctori
Map, Europa pars tenet haec mundi reliquas celeberrima partes auctoribus Gerardo et Leonardo Valk, Gerhard Valk (-1726), Leonard Valk (1675-1755), Copperplate print

Arnold Boonen Princess Anna Charlotta Amalia
After Arnold Boonen, Princess Anna Charlotta Amalia, Prince William IV and Princess Marie Louise, Marie Louise, 1688-1765, Princess of Hesse-Kassel

Georg Engelhard SchrAoder Karl 1654-1730 country Count
Georg Engelhard Schroder, Karl, 1654-1730, country Count of Hessen-Kassel, painting, portrait, 1726, Oil on canvas, Pictured in armor, red mantle and Elephant Order, Hip image from right, Height

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"1726: A Journey through Imaginary Lands and Real Discoveries" Step into the whimsical world of "Gulliver in Lilliput, " where tiny beings called Lilliputians captivate our imagination. These miniature creatures, barely six inches tall, astound us with their sneezing fits that can cause chaos in their kingdom. But hold on. Gulliver's adventures don't end there. In "Gulliver in Brobdingnag, " he encounters a land of giants who make him feel like a mere speck. James Hutton, the Scottish geologist, would have marveled at this incredible contrast between scale and size. As we delve deeper into Gulliver's escapades, we witness his encounter with the Blefuscudian people - sworn enemies of the Lilliputians. Tied down by political rivalries, Gulliver finds himself caught between two warring factions. Yet amidst all these fantastical tales lies Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, an Italian Jesuit whose life was colored by unwavering devotion to his faith. His story serves as a reminder that even within fictional realms, real-life inspirations exist. In this journey filled with surprises and contrasts, sport becomes an unexpected theme when Gulliver engages in various activities with the Lilliputians. From their peculiar games to intricate competitions, it is evident that even small societies possess great enthusiasm for leisurely pursuits. But let's not forget about Houyhnhnm Land. Here lies another chapter of Gulliver's odyssey where he encounters intelligent horses known as Houyhnhnms who challenge his perception of humanity itself. This encounter prompts reflection on what truly defines civilization and its flaws. Eyre Coote (Elder), a prominent British general during this era adds yet another layer to 1726’s tapestry – reminding us that while fiction may transport us to extraordinary realms, history continues to shape our reality.