[A Laputan scholar does not notice as his wife has an affair] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A Laputan scholar does not notice as his wife has an affair]
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Laputa; England
Description: Gulliver tells us that the Laputan scholars were so wrapped up in their work that they are not aware of what is going on around them. This means that their wives would have affairs right under their noses. In this image we see a Laputan woman flirting with a man, while her husband sits in the background working, not noticing his wife.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22065
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22065_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Scholars in Literature; Satire; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures