“I observed the noise and flutter of wings.” - Page 167 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “I observed the noise and flutter of wings.” - Page 167
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Eagles; Giants; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: Here we see an eagle carry Gulliver’s house away from Brobdingnag. Gulliver leans out the window to see what was going on. The eagle picked up Gulliver’s house and carried out over the water. The eagle eventually dropped the house and Gulliver was rescued by a nearby ship.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22049
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22049_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Eagles; Giants; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures