“I could hardly distinguish the tunes.” - Page 146 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “I could hardly distinguish the tunes.” - Page 146
Subject: Concerts; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: During his time on Brobdingnag, Gulliver attended concerts in the royal court. Gulliver complained that the music was too loud, so much so that it just became noise. Gulliver would listen from his house, however he often covered his ears to cut down on the noise, seen here. In this image musicians are playing, one playing a sousaphone, another playing a clarinet, and a third on drums.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22040
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22040_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Concerts; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures