[Gulliver observes a member of the cavalry on Brobdingnag · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver observes a member of the cavalry on Brobdingnag
Subject: cavalry; giants; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: In this image we see Gulliver sitting on a base of a column, looking up at a member of the cavalry on Brobdingnag. The cavalry rides a horse and holds a sword. He wears military attire and helmet. Gulliver tells the reader that when measuring the horse and its rider together they stand over one hundred feet tall. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20944
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20944_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: cavalry; giants; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures