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4. Swift’s death mask, by Leonard Baskin.

Frontispiece to A modest proposal / Jonathan Swift ; illustrated by Leonard Baskin. (New York : Grossman, 1969)

4. Swift’s death mask, by Leonard Baskin.

Swift’s death mask is in Trinity College, Dublin. This representation of it by the American sculptor and artist, Leonard Baskin, appears as the frontispiece to his edition of A Modest Proposal. He uses another contemporary portrait of Swift as a basis for illustration in the book, and a representation of Ireland as Moloch, eating its children.

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