[Silhouettes of men and women of history] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Silhouettes of men and women of history]
Subject: Ghosts; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Satire
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Glubbdubdrib; England
Description: Here we see the silhouettes of several men and women from history that Gulliver spoke to with the help of the Governor of Glubbdubdrib’s necromancy skills. The silhouettes show men and women wearing different styles of clothing, indicating the eras in which they lived. Their clothes also indicate what they did when they were alive, for example, soldiers carry spears. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21745
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_21745_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Ghosts; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Satire