Picture No | 10005414 |
Date | First published: 1704 |
Description | Frontispiece to Swift's A Tale of a Tub |
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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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Source | Author: Jonathan Swift; Engraving by I. S. Miller in 1760 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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