Battle of the Rats · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Battle of the Rats
Subject: Giants; Rats in Literature; Self-Defense; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place)
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: England; Brobdingnag
Description: Here we see Gulliver defending himself against the giant rats on Brobdingnag. He uses his sword to defend himself from the rats that were almost as large as he is. The larger rat on the right-side steps on Gulliver’s foot and puts its paws on Gulliver’s shoulder.
Image Creator: E. Evans (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:21942
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels: A Voyage to Lilliput and Brobdingnag
Parent Collection: 1863 London Evans; 1863 London Evans
Image: mta_21942_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Giants; Rats in Literature; Self-Defense; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place)