[a group of Houyhnhnms] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a group of Houyhnhnms]
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Description: Here we see a group of Houyhnhnms. This image appears when Gulliver tells the readers about the philosophy of the Houyhnhnms. Gulliver tells us that the two principal values of the Houyhnhnms are friendship and benevolence, represented here as we see a group of Houyhnhnms that are friends and appear happy together. The same image appears in both the 1839 and 1843 Krabbe editions.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21457
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1870 Stuttgart Grandville; 1870 Stuttgart Grandville
Image: mta_21457_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures