[Gulliver waves as he leaves the Country of the Houyhnhnms] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver waves as he leaves the Country of the Houyhnhnms]
Subject: sailing; sailing; ships; Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see Gulliver waving to the Houyhnhnms he lived with during his time on the Country of the Houyhnhnms as he sails away. The Council of the Houyhnhnms told his master that Gulliver either had to live with the yahoos or return to Europe but could not live with the Houyhnhnms any longer. Gulliver was shocked by this, and decided he had to leave rather than live with the yahoos. On the shore behind the Houyhnhnms we see the special trees that grow in the Country of the Houyhnhnms, seen in an earlier image. Gulliver sails away in a small sailboat that he built with the help of the Sorrel Nag during his last two months in the Country of the Houyhnhnms. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Sears (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21264
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21264_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: sailing; sailing; ships; Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures