[Gulliver kneeling and saluting the Lilliputian Emperor] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver kneeling and saluting the Lilliputian Emperor]
Subject: Emperors; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Lilliput (Imaginary Place); Military Planning
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Lilliput; England; Blefuscu
Description: In this image we see Gulliver kneeling and saluting the Lilliputian Emperor. Gulliver was recruited to fight in the war between Lilliput and Blefuscu. In this image, the Emperor reads Gulliver’s duties to him, while pages attend the Emperor. Gulliver salutes the Emperor, signaling his acceptance of his duties. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator);Breviere (Illustrator);Francais (Illustrator); Grandville (Illustrator); Breviere (Illustrator); Francais (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21541
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21541_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Emperors; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Lilliput (Imaginary Place); Military Planning