Art, Symbol & Imagination
The War over the Eggs
Mounted figures point long weapons towards their opponents above broken egg forms. Egg-shaped headgear and sharply contrasting black and white bodies turn the conflict into a visual joke. The printed caption names the long war described in Swift’s account of the Big-Endian and Little-Endian dispute.
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Jean de Bosschere. "The War over the Eggs" [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 50. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0262-0040
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Gulliver's Travels into Lilliput and BrobdingnagJonathan Swift; illustrated by Jean de BosschèreUndated editionMore from this book
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Jean de Bosschere. The War over the Eggs. Gulliver's Travels into Lilliput and Brobdingnag. Scan leaf 50. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0262-0040