“It was the most violent exercise I ever underwent.” - Page 146 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “It was the most violent exercise I ever underwent.” - Page 146
Subject: Concerts; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Piano; Performing Arts in Literature; Giants; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: Here we see Gulliver playing the piano for the King and Queen of Brobdingnag. Because of the size of the piano, Gulliver used sticks to reach the keys, running up and down the bench. The King and Queen thoroughly enjoyed Gulliver’s music as it was quite different to the music of the giants.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22041
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22041_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Concerts; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Piano; Performing Arts in Literature; Giants; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures