[an immortal child born on Luggnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [an immortal child born on Luggnag]
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see a child who is immortal. There is a small population of immortal people on Luggnag. These people are identified by a spot on their forehead, which is red when the child is born and changes colour throughout their lives. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Rambert (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21766
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843); Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
Image: mta_21766_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Immortality in literature; Immortality; satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures