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Title: [phrenology bust]
Subject: Phrenology in literature; Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); satire; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see a phrenology bust. The image appears at the beginning of the eighth chapter, in which Gulliver and his master discuss various aspects of the lives of the Yahoos on the Country of the Houyhnhnms, including exercise and education if their children. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21236
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21236_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Phrenology in literature; Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); satire; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures