[Cabin boy first sees Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Cabin boy first sees Brobdingnag]
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); imaginary places; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters; sailing; ships; sea travel
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: In this image we see a cabin boy from Gulliver’s ship first seeing Brobdingnag. He climbs one of two rope ladders up the mast. He waves down to others on the deck to signal his discovery to the others on the ship. The boy is barefoot and wears short pants and a loose shirt. Just below his feet we see the top of one of the sails. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20891
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20891_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); imaginary places; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters; sailing; ships; sea travel