Reaching one of his paws in at the door, as a cat does when she plays with a mouse. - Page 138 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Reaching one of his paws in at the door, as a cat does when she plays with a mouse. - Page 138
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: Here a monkey from Brobdingnag kidnapped Gulliver from his house. The monkey belonged to a member of the kitchen staff and escaped the kitchen. It found Gulliver in his house and reached in a window and pulled Gulliver out. The monkey carried Gulliver around the palace and up onto the roof. The monkey eventually tried to feed Gulliver. When the monkey was caught it was killed and Gulliver was left to recover.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22037
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22037_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Monkeys in Literature; Giants; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures