[a scholar from of the Royal Society of Laputa] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a scholar from of the Royal Society of Laputa]
Subject: philosophy; scholars in literature
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: This image is a depiction of a scholar from the Royal Society of Laputa. The image is a part of Swift’s Biography which precedes Part One of Gulliver’s Travels. The author compares these scholars to Sir Isaac Newton. The purpose of this illustration in the biography is to provide context for the political atmosphere and insight into Swift’s satirical writings, as the Royal Society was satirized in the Third Part of the Book with the Philosophical Society of Laputa. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20786
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekkant Lander
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20786_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: philosophy; scholars in literature