[Gulliver talks to a Lilliputian official] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver talks to a Lilliputian official]
Subject: Sedan Chairs; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Lilliput (Imaginary Place); Gulliver's Travels
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Lilliput; England
Description: Here we see Gulliver speaking to an official from the Lilliputian court. The official sits in a sedan chair, however the chair attendants were dismissed. The official was there to inform Gulliver that he had been charged with treason. Gulliver was charged because he urinated on the Imperial Palace to put out a fire in the Empress’s apartments and for preparing to visit the Emperor of Blefuscu – the enemy of Lilliput. Because of these charges, Gulliver leaves Lilliput and travels to Blefuscu. 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:21570
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21570_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Sedan Chairs; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Lilliput (Imaginary Place); Gulliver's Travels