[Seamstresses on Lilliput measure Gulliver for new clothes] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Seamstresses on Lilliput measure Gulliver for new clothes]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Lilliput; England
Description: Here we see three Lilliputian seamstresses taking measurements for Gulliver’s clothes and bedsheets. Two women hold either end of a measuring tape, while the third stands in the middle taking measurements. The three women stand on top of Gulliver who is covered with a sheet. Gulliver has a bandana wrapped around his head which is resting on a basket. 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:21565
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21565_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Sewing in Literature; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Lilliput (Imaginary Place)