[Jonathan Swift Sitting in his Study] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Jonathan Swift Sitting in his Study]
Subject: Jonathan Swift; Literary Introduction; Gulliver's Travels
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: England; United Kingdom; Great Britain
Description: This image is presented on the first page of the introduction before the first chapter of the book. The author, Jonathan Swift, is depicted sitting in what appears to be his study as he holds a quill to his mouth and looks out the window as he holds a book in his left hand. There is a horse standing in the window looking into the study. The title of the book “Gulliver’s Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World” is written on the left side of the engraving.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:26747
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_26747_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Jonathan Swift; Literary Introduction; Gulliver's Travels