Gulliver Awed by Three Giant Beggars in the Land of Brobdingnag

Paul Gavarni, 1862

This is a painting of a surreal scene featuring a figure looking out of a window at three large faces. The painting depicts an interior setting with a figure seated on the floor facing away, looking out through a… · description from the collection

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Artist: Paul Gavarni ¹
Date: 1862 ¹
Medium: pen and brown ink with watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper, laid down ¹
Original: 3,326 × 4,693 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

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