“He did me the honour to raise it gently to my mouth.” - Page 335 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “He did me the honour to raise it gently to my mouth.” - Page 335
Subject: Boats; Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Satire; Sailing; Sea Travel; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Land of the Houyhnhnms; Oceania; England
Description: Here Gulliver says goodbye to his master on the Country of the Houyhnhnms. Gulliver kneels down to kiss his master’s hoof, and his master lifted his hoof so Gulliver would not have to bend all the way down. The Houyhnhnms Gulliver lived with gathered on the shore to see Gulliver off.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver);Linton (Engraver); T. Morten (Engraver); Linton (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22121
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22121_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Boats; Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Satire; Sailing; Sea Travel; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures