[Gulliver fends off giant wasps on Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver fends off giant wasps on Brobdingnag]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: Here we see three giant wasps attacking Gulliver after he was given a piece of sweet cake. Two wasps are flying around Gulliver’s head, while a third is lying, dead, on its back in front of Gulliver. Gulliver stands, waving his sword, defending himself from the wasps. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator);Breviere (Illustrator);Francais (Illustrator); Grandville (Illustrator); Breviere (Illustrator); Francais (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21613
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21613_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Wasps; Giants; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Gulliver's Travels