[A Houyhnhnm oversees Yahoos working] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A Houyhnhnm oversees Yahoos working]
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Land of the Houyhnhnms; Oceania; England
Description: Here we see a Houyhnhnm overseeing Yahoos carrying bales of hay on their backs. The Yahoos were used to work for the Houyhnhnms, seen here. This section of the book serves as a commentary on Native Americans and colonization. The Houyhnhnms were used to represent European colonizers and Yahoos were used to represent Native Americans.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22116
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22116_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Colonization; Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Satire; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Creatures; Fictional Works; Imaginary Places