[Gulliver is pulled up to the floating island of Laputa] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver is pulled up to the floating island of Laputa]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Lilliput; England
Description: Gulliver waved his arms at the floating island of Laputa and got the attention of a few Laputans and soon a crowd assembled to see Gulliver. They lowered a chair down then raised Gulliver up to the island on the chair using a pulley system, as is seen here. Gulliver is raised up over the rocks and arrives on Laputa. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21671
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843); Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
Image: mta_21671_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Floating Islands