Escapade with a Monkey · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Escapade with a Monkey
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Monkeys in Literature; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: Here we see the scene in which a monkey from Brobdingnag got loose and caught Gulliver. The monkey belonged to a member of the kitchen staff of the King and Queen of Brobdingnag. The monkey found Gulliver’s house and reached in and grabbed Gulliver, carrying Gulliver up to the roof and tried to feed Gulliver.
Image Creator: E. Evans (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:21943
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels: A Voyage to Lilliput and Brobdingnag
Parent Collection: 1863 London Evans; 1863 London Evans
Image: mta_21943_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Monkeys in Literature; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures