Gentlemen, if you be conjurers, you can understand any language. - Page 277 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Gentlemen, if you be conjurers, you can understand any language. - Page 277
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Land of the Houyhnhnms; England
Description: Here Gulliver tries to communicate with the Houyhnhnms. He initially thought the Houyhnhnms were conjurers or some other type of magical creatures. If they were magic, then Gulliver thought they might be able to speak another language and tried to speak to them in every language he knew, however he was unsuccessful in his attempt to speak with them. He eventually simply copied their language and began to learn it.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver);Linton (Engraver); T. Morten (Engraver); Linton (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22097
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22097_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Magic; Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Language; Education; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures