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Title: [the reigning Yahoo]
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Kings and rulers; satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Gulliver’s master explained various aspects of the Yahoos that lived in the Country of the Houyhnhnms. He explained that the Yahoos had one who was the ruler, seen here. He wears a crown made of leaves, a cape made of an animal pelt, a sceptre made of an animal bone, and an orb made out of a fruit. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21837
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843); Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
Image: mta_21837_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Kings and rulers; satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures