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Title: [a man on crutches]
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see a man on crutches. This image appears when Gulliver explains European nobility and their conduct. Gulliver explains that many upper-class men hire prostitutes which causes them to contract various diseases, while they are engaged to women chosen by their family. The upper classes also tended to be incestuous, which caused children to be born with deformities and they were more likely to have weak constitutions and were frequently ill. Thus, wealthy children were often sick and weak. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Verdeil (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21225
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Nobility in literature; politics in literature; Sick; People with disabilities; satire; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures