[A scientist from The Grand Academy on Balnibarbi suggests a new manner of construction] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A scientist from The Grand Academy on Balnibarbi suggests a new manner of construction]
Subject: satire; scholars in literature; Scientists in literature; Construction; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see a scientist from the Grand Academy on Balnibarbi’s hypothesis for a new manner of construction. This scientist’s suggestion was to build the house from the top down, starting with the roof and ending with the foundation. The roof would be held up by balloons during construction. The scientist claims he was inspired by the building methods of spiders and bees. Gulliver was quite impressed with this idea unlike many other ideas he saw at the Academy. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Sears (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21003
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21003_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: satire; scholars in literature; Scientists in literature; Construction; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures