[The Queen of Brobdingnag’s dwarf shakes a tree dropping fruit on Gulliver] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Queen of Brobdingnag’s dwarf shakes a tree dropping fruit on Gulliver]
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Kings, queens, rulers, etc; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; giants
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see the Queen of Brobdingnag’s dwarf shaking a tree, dropping fruit on Gulliver. The dwarf resented Gulliver because he replaced him as the Queen’s favourite. The dwarf started teasing Gulliver, trying to get rid of him.
Image Creator: unknown (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Photomechanical prints
Identifier: mta:21290
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen
Parent Collection: 1850 Stuttgart Scheible; 1850 Stuttgart Scheible
Image: mta_21290_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Kings, queens, rulers, etc; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; giants