[Gulliver reading at a table] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver reading at a table]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image. Gulliver sits reading at a table. This appears during the first chapter where Gulliver introduces himself. The image represents Gulliver studying to become a surgeon, so that he could join a ship. Several busts, a skull, and the skeleton of a small animal are visible on the shelves behind Gulliver, along with various medicine bottles. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20795
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekkant Lander
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20795_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: medicine; study and teaching; surgeons in literature; ships; sailing