[a yahoo kills its cat while another drinks from the udder of a cow] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a yahoo kills its cat while another drinks from the udder of a cow]
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: At the Council of the Houyhnhnms, the council discussed the possibility of exterminating yahoos. Some of the reasons for the possible extermination of the yahoos were that they drank directly from cow’s udders, trample on oats and wheat, and would kill and eat their cats. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21853
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843); Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
Image: mta_21853_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures