Frontispiece to Swift's A Tale of a Tub
An allegorical frontispiece to Swift's A Tale of a Tub, referring to the old sailors tradition of throwing a tub into the sea to distract whales from attacking them
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Picture No
10005414
Media ID
48884590
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Author: Jonathan Swift; Engraving by I. S. Miller in 1760
Date
First published: 1704
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