[The family cat of the farmer giant spots Gulliver on Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The family cat of the farmer giant spots Gulliver on Brobdingnag]
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); imaginary places; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters; giants; cats
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see Gulliver encountering the farmer giant’s cat. The cat has its eyes set on Gulliver, with its ears back and whisker’s spread, a sign that the cat is interested in something and wants to catch it. A bowl separates Gulliver from the cat. Gulliver is standing on the edge of the table, leaning back in alarm. This image highlights the difference in scale between the giant’s world and reality. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20898
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20898_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); imaginary places; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters; giants; cats