[Gulliver climbs the wall of the Emperor’s palace in Mildendo] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver climbs the wall of the Emperor’s palace in Mildendo]
Subject: Lilliput (Imaginary place); imaginary places; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters; castles in literature
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: In this image we see Gulliver climbing over the walls of the Emperor’s palace, which lies in the centre of Mildendo. The walls were five feet high, so Gulliver built himself two stools out of wood to help him get over the walls – as the gates were too difficult for Gulliver to get through or over. The stools were each three feet tall, and there was one on each side of the wall. Gulliver did this because the Emperor wanted to see the Imperial Palace. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20837
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekkant Lander
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20837_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Lilliput (Imaginary place); imaginary places; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters; castles in literature