[Gulliver watches a Houyhnhnm prepare dinner] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver watches a Houyhnhnm prepare dinner]
Period: 1850-1900;
Description: Here we see one of the Houyhnhnms preparing dinner. The Houyhnhnm stands on its back legs, holding a bowl of warm oats, boiled in milk, between its front legs. Gulliver kneels on a pile of hay, which is another element of their meal. The same image appears in both the 1839 and 1843 Krabbe editions.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21443
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1870 Stuttgart Grandville; 1870 Stuttgart Grandville
Image: mta_21443_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Dinners and dining in literature; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures