[Men representing professions that Gulliver thought to destroy his life in Europe] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Men representing professions that Gulliver thought to destroy his life in Europe]
Subject: Criminals; politics in literature; Lawyers; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; satire
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see the busts of the types of men that Gulliver thought to ruin his life in Europe, and whom he was glad to be free of in the Country of the Houyhnhnms. These men include: physicians, lawyers, informants, censurers, backbiters, pick-pockets, highwaymen, housebreakers, attorneys, bawds, buffoons, gamesters, politicians, tedious talkers, controverters, ravishers, murderers, virtuosos, and robbers. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Verdeil (Illustrator);Grandville (Illustrator); Verdeil (Illustrator); Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21863
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843); Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
Image: mta_21863_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Criminals; politics in literature; Lawyers; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; satire