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Title: [the ruling Yahoo]
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Kings and rulers; Crowns in literature; Scepters; satire; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; 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 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21230
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21230_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Kings and rulers; Crowns in literature; Scepters; satire; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures