[Gulliver celebrates the possibility of an immortal child born on Luggnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver celebrates the possibility of an immortal child born on Luggnag]
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Upon hearing about the immortals on Luggnag, Gulliver rejoices at the possibility that each child has the possibility of being immortal. Gulliver’s celebration was short lived, after he noticed that no one at court was immortal. He then learned that the immortals continued to age but did not die, therefore their quality of life continued to decrease over time. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Verdeil (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21088
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21088_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Immortality; Immortality in literature; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures