Since money alone was able to perform all these feats, our Yahoos thought they could never have enough of it to spend. - Page 308 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Since money alone was able to perform all these feats, our Yahoos thought they could never have enough of it to spend. - Page 308
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Land of the Houyhnhnms; England; Oceania
Description: Here we see Europeans and their views on money, as Gulliver explained to the Houyhnhnms. The Europeans grasp onto their bags of money. In the background we one man kissing a cash box. The Houyhnhnms were shocked when they learned about the conduct of Europeans.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver);Linton (Engraver); T. Morten (Engraver); Linton (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22110
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22110_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Corruption; Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Money; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Satire