[Gulliver with the King of Brobdingnag’s cavalry] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver with the King of Brobdingnag’s cavalry]
Subject: giants; Kings and rulers; cavalry; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); imaginary places; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see Gulliver sitting in front of the King of Brobdingnag’s cavalry. Gulliver is seated on a table with the back to the viewer. He faces four men riding horses, two of whom have spears. All the men have facial hair and wear pointed caps. There are several other rows of cavalry men in the background. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20921
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20921_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: giants; Kings and rulers; cavalry; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); imaginary places; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters