[Gulliver fights off giant rats on Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver fights off giant rats on Brobdingnag]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: In this image we see a giant rat moving towards Gulliver and prepares to attack Gulliver. The rat is roughly the same size as Gulliver. Gulliver is seating, leaning against an intricately carved post with his sword in his hand preparing to defend himself. Gulliver ultimately ends up killing the rat after it attacked him. Fabric comes down on either side of the post, making the image look as though it were taking place on a stage. Gulliver’s hat is on the bottom left side of the image. 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:21597
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21597_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Rats in Literature; Self-Defense; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Giants; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Gulliver's Travels