[Gulliver is caught by the kitchen monkey on Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver is caught by the kitchen monkey on Brobdingnag]
Subject: Monkeys in literature; giants; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); imaginary places; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here Gulliver is caught by a monkey who belonged to a clerk of the kitchen in the court of Brobdingnag. Gulliver was left in his box while Glumdalclitch went out and left the windows open. The monkey got loose and found Gulliver’s box and reached in the window and picked up Gulliver. The monkey held Gulliver as though he were a baby about to suckle and Gulliver pulls away from it, which is seen in this image. The monkey was startled by a noise and climbed out the window, taking Gulliver with him. Rocks were thrown to try and get the monkey down, however someone had to go up to the roof to get the monkey down with Gulliver. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20928
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20928_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Monkeys in literature; giants; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); imaginary places; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters