II. 20. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: II. 20.
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: The yahoos are a form of human who live in the Country of the Houyhnhnms. Gulliver looks down on the yahoos, thinking of them as a form of inferior human, which is reflected in this image. The yahoo has long hair and a beard, has long fingernails, and does not wear clothes. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Laisne (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21781
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843); Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
Image: mta_21781_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures