“He called aloud to me not to disturb his webs.” - Page 219 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “He called aloud to me not to disturb his webs.” - Page 219
Subject: Scholars in Literature; Spider Webs; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Laputa; Lagado; England
Description: During his time on Balnibarbi Gulliver visited the Grand Academy of Lagado and the scholars who worked there. Here we see a scholar who was working to create fabric out of spider webs. His study was covered in webs, as the scientist tried to use the spiders like silkworms and feed them different things to dye the webs.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22071
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22071_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Scholars in Literature; Spider Webs; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures