[a satire on the Houyhnhnms and the yahoos] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a satire on the Houyhnhnms and the yahoos]
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); satire; horses; Donkeys; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: This image serves as a satire on the relationship between the Houyhnhnms and the yahoos. The Houyhnhnms are shown with the body of a horse and the head of a human, representing their intelligence. The yahoo is shown with the head of a donkey and the body of a human. The image represents how their society was flipped from what Europeans were accustomed to. The yahoo sits on a globe, with various scientific and artistic instruments surrounding him. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21164
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21164_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); satire; horses; Donkeys; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures