[Gulliver speaks with a court official] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver speaks with a court official]
Subject: Lilliput (Imaginary place); imaginary places; Sedan chairs; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters; politics in literature
Period: 1800-1850;
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 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20862
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekkant Lander
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20862_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Lilliput (Imaginary place); imaginary places; Sedan chairs; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters; politics in literature