[Gulliver turns the page of a book on Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver turns the page of a book on Brobdingnag]
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Reading; Philosophy; Giants; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: Gulliver spent much of his time on Brobdingnag reading about history and philosophy in the royal library. In this image we see him turning the page of one of the books, all of which were much larger than he was. In order to read these books Gulliver had to climb a ladder to be able to see the writing better.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22046
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22046_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Reading; Philosophy; Giants; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures