[A giant’s eye looking at Gulliver] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A giant’s eye looking at Gulliver]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: Here we see a giant’s eye looking at Gulliver. Only Gulliver’s upper body is visible in the image, with his back facing the viewer. In the giant’s pupil is the letter M, which is the first letter of the Meine, the first word of the chapter. 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:21599
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21599_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Giants; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Gulliver's Travels