[a servant of the ruling Yahoo licks his feet] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a servant of the ruling Yahoo licks his feet]
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); rituals; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; satire
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Gulliver’s master explained various aspects of the Yahoos that lived in the Country of the Houyhnhnms. He explained that the Yahoos had one who was the ruler. This ruler had a servant whose job it was to lick the feet of the ruler, seen here, and to bring female yahoos to him. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21838
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_21838_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); rituals; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; satire