The Horse Looked Full in My Face

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A man, holding his hat in his hands, bows before a white horse with a lavish, wavy mane

The horse started a little, when he came near me, but soon recovering himself, looked full in my face.

Artist

Name:: Gavarni, Paul
Dates:: 1804-1866
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Metal Engraving
Engraver:: Outhwaite, Jean-Jacques
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: St. Michael's College Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Voyages de Gulliver (3rd edition)
Author:: Swift, Jonathan
Publisher:: Paris: Laplace, Sanchez et Cie., n.d. (after 1862)
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A man, holding his hat in his hands, bows before a white horse with a lavish, wavy mane.

The caption reads in the French edition: Le cheval s’arrêta et me regarda fixement.

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