[a burial procession for the Houyhnhnms] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a burial procession for the Houyhnhnms]
Subject: Funeral customs and rites; Burial in literature; Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see a group of Houyhnhnms carrying a deceased Houyhnhnm. They carry the body towards a cave that will serve as a tomb. This image appears when Gulliver explains the lifecycle of the Houyhnhnms and their burial rites. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21254
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21254_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Funeral customs and rites; Burial in literature; Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures