[Gulliver imagines his life on Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver imagines his life on Brobdingnag]
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Birdcages; Giants; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: The King of Brobdingnag ordered that should any other ship be seen off the coast of Brobdingnag it should be captured. The King wanted to breed more humans for the giants. Gulliver compared this to living like a caged bird, a metaphor shown in this image.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22047
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22047_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Birdcages; Giants; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures