[a man is bribed by a politician] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a man is bribed by a politician]
Period: 1850-1900;
Description: Here we see a politician bribing a voter. The politician is on the right and hands the man on the left a piece of paper that reads vote … B, and a small bag of money. In this chapter Gulliver talks with the King of Brobdingnag about English traditions. Gulliver tells the King about diplomacy, religion, the justice system, the arts, the financial system, and the nobility, then debated these issues with the king. This image comes when Gulliver is discussing the corrupt political atmosphere and the election of officials. The same image appears in both the 1839 and 1843 Krabbe editions.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21421
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1870 Stuttgart Grandville; 1870 Stuttgart Grandville
Image: mta_21421_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: politics in literature; Voter intimidation; Bribery; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place)