[A farmer from Balnibarbi] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A farmer from Balnibarbi]
Subject: Farmers in Literature; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Balnibarbi; Laputa; England
Description: Here we see a farmer from Balnibarbi tending his sheep. Gulliver left the city centre of Lagado and went into the country where he met farmers and learned about farming practices on Balnibarbi. This image appears at the beginning of chapter five and the letter “T” is in the top right corner of the image as the first word of the chapter is “The”.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22070
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22070_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Farmers in Literature; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures