“I observed a huge creature walking after them in the sea.” - Page 91 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “I observed a huge creature walking after them in the sea.” - Page 91
Subject: Giants; Ships; Sailing; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Imaginary Creatures; Sailors
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: Here we see a giant from Brobdingnag chasing the members of Gulliver’s ship. The crew ran to their lifeboat and rowed back to the ship, leaving Gulliver stranded on Brobdingnag. The crew is visible in the distance in their lifeboat, while Gulliver hides behind a rock on the left side of the foreground.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver);Linton (Engraver); T. Morten (Engraver); Linton (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22014
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22014_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Giants; Ships; Sailing; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Imaginary Creatures; Sailors