[Lilliputians perform while Gulliver watches] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Lilliputians perform while Gulliver watches]
Subject: Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Lilliput (Imaginary Place); Gulliver's Travels
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Lilliput; England
Description: In this image we see the Lilliputians performing for Gulliver. Three are walking on a tightrope, with one doing a handstand, another juggling, and the third walking with a long pole. A fourth man is lying on the ground, as though he fell off the tightrope. A crowd watches the performance from above, with Gulliver sitting in the back. This performance was used for participants to earn their place in high favour at the royal court. Pillows are on the floor to help break the fall of anyone who might slip. This image comes when Gulliver is being accepted into Lilliputian society. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator);Breviere (Illustrator);Francais (Illustrator); Grandville (Illustrator); Breviere (Illustrator); Francais (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21538
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21538_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Lilliput (Imaginary Place); Gulliver's Travels