“They looked upon it as a prodigy that a brute animal should discover such marks of a rational creature.” - Page 287 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “They looked upon it as a prodigy that a brute animal should discover such marks of a rational creature.” - Page 287
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Reading; Teaching; Study and Teaching; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Satire
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Land of the Houyhnhnms; England
Description: Here we see Gulliver surrounded by the Houyhnhnms. He holds a pad of paper trying to learn the language. He was learning from all of the Houyhnhnms, including the children. The Houyhnhnms were surprised that Gulliver learned the language, as no other Yahoo had ever learned it.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver);Linton (Engraver); T. Morten (Engraver); Linton (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22103
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22103_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Reading; Teaching; Study and Teaching; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Satire