[a meeting of Lilliputian officials discussing Gulliver’s fate] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a meeting of Lilliputian officials discussing Gulliver’s fate]
Subject: Lilliput (Imaginary place); Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures; fictional works; imaginary places
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: In this image we see a group of seven Lilliputian court officials and the Emperor at a table discussing Gulliver’s fate. Some argue that Gulliver should be pardoned or given a less severe charge than treason because of his work in defeating the Blefuscudian fleet during the war between Lilliput and Blefuscu. The Grand Admiral, however, insisted that Gulliver should be put to death because of his actions, specifically urinating on the Imperial Palace. The Grand Admiral is the second figure from the left in this image. He is wearing part of a suit of armour and does not wear a hat. The Emperor sits in the middle of the table, and can be identified by his headpiece with several large feathers coming out of the top. The men are seated in a large hall in the Imperial Palace. The throne can be seen in the distance behind the Emperor as can a row of columns on the right side and a large curtain on the left. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Breviere (Illustrator);Hebert (Illustrator); Breviere (Illustrator); Hebert (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20864
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekkant Lander
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
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Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Lilliput (Imaginary place); Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures; fictional works; imaginary places

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