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Title: [A battlefield]
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Gulliver explains how war works in Europe to his Master. Gulliver describes cannons, muskets, pistols, bullets, gunpowder, bayonets, sieges, battles, retreats, attacks, bombardments, sea battles, horses’ roles on the battlefield, and the various ways soldiers die on the battlefield. Several of these elements are shown in this image, including naval warfare, cannons, soldier’s deaths. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21814
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843); Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
Image: mta_21814_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Battlefields; Mercenary troops in literature; satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters