[Gulliver studying medicine] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver studying medicine]
Subject: Fictitious characters; Medicine; Studies; Teaching; Fictional Works; Gulliver's Travels
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Great Britain; United Kingdom
Description: In this image. Gulliver sits reading at a table. This appears during the first chapter where Gulliver introduces himself. The image represents Gulliver studying to become a surgeon, so that he could join a ship. Several busts, a skull, and the skeleton of a small animal are visible on the shelves behind Gulliver, along with various medicine bottles. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator);Breviere (Illustrator);Francais (Illustrator); Grandville (Illustrator); Breviere (Illustrator); Francais (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21515
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21515_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Fictitious characters; Medicine; Studies; Teaching; Fictional Works; Gulliver's Travels