Art, Symbol & Imagination
Leaping over the Stick at the Lilliputian Court
A small acrobat leaps over a horizontal stick while another figure crawls below it. Rulers and attendants watch from opposite sides of the stage-like space. The caption and text identify the exercise used to compete for favour at the court of Lilliput.
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Jean de Bosschere. "Leaping over the Stick at the Lilliputian Court" [editorial title]. In Gulliver's Travels into Lilliput and Brobdingnag, Jonathan Swift; illustrated by Jean de Bosschère. Lilliput and Brobdingnag voyages; illustrated by Jean de Bosschère; Dodd, Mead and William Heinemann, undated title., undated edition, Dodd, Mead & Company; William Heinemann. Source scan leaf 40. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0262-0030
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Jean de Bosschere. Leaping over the Stick at the Lilliputian Court. Gulliver's Travels into Lilliput and Brobdingnag. Scan leaf 40. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0262-0030