[A frog examines Gulliver while he sails in the court of Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A frog examines Gulliver while he sails in the court of Brobdingnag]
Subject: Frogs in literature; giants; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); imaginary places; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here Gulliver meets a frog who accidentally got into the trough in which Gulliver sailed for the entertainment of the court of Brobdingnag. The trough was built so that Gulliver could sail and entertain the courtiers, and the water was changed every three days. The frog got in when the water was being changed and climbed into Gulliver’s boat. In the image we see the frog’s head comes out of the water, and Gulliver fends him off with a stick while in the ship. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20927
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20927_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Frogs in literature; giants; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); imaginary places; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters