[A horseshoe and the equipment for attaching them] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A horseshoe and the equipment for attaching them]
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Land of the Houyhnhnms; Oceania; England
Description: Here we see a horseshoe and the hammer and nails used to attach them. Gulliver explained to the Houyhnhnms how horses were treated in Europe and how horseshoes worked. Gulliver explained that horseshoes were used to protect horses' hooves while they were working.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22111
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22111_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Horseshoes; Horses; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures