[animals acting as lawyers] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [animals acting as lawyers]
Subject: law; Lawyers; satire; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: In chapter five, Gulliver explains several aspects of society in England. Here we see several animals dressed in legal robes. Most animals were birds, with one donkey. This image serves as a commentary on the legal system, and its inefficiencies. The animals represent the ignorance, stupidity, and lack of common sense that Gulliver saw in the legal system. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21208
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21208_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: law; Lawyers; satire; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures