Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Monkey Carries Gulliver onto the Roof
A monkey perches high on a roof while clutching the tiny traveller. A ladder reaches up past an enormous face looking towards the scene. The caption records the ladders being brought to rescue Gulliver after the monkey carries him away.
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Jean de Bosschere. "The Monkey Carries Gulliver onto the Roof" [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 131. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0262-0121
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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 Monkey Carries Gulliver onto the Roof. Gulliver's Travels into Lilliput and Brobdingnag. Scan leaf 131. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0262-0121