[The war between Lilliput and Blefuscu] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The war between Lilliput and Blefuscu]
Subject: Religious Disputations; Wars; Satire; Lilliput (Imaginary Place); Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Lilliput; Blefuscu; England
Description: Here we see a battle scene during the war between Lilliput and Blefuscu. The two countries were divided over the correct way to crack an egg. This served as a metaphor for the religious wars in Europe during and after the Reformation.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver);Linton (Engraver); T. Morten (Engraver); Linton (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:21993
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_21993_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Religious Disputations; Wars; Satire; Lilliput (Imaginary Place); Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures