[A Laputan scholar wrapped up in work while his wife has an affair] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A Laputan scholar wrapped up in work while his wife has an affair]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Laputa; England
Description: Gulliver explains to the reader the relationships between husbands and wives on Laputa. He tells us that the women frequently have affairs and are given more freedom than he is used to. Their husbands are oblivious to their actions because they are too focused on their studies that they do not notice, and their Flappers are not there to alert them. The men can become so wrapped up in his studies that his wife could be in the same room with him and have her lover there and he would not notice. This is the situation shown in this image. The scholar is shown sitting at his desk with a problem in front of him, wearing the typical clothing with astronomical and musical motifs. His wife is next to the desk in the arms of another man, who wears dark clothes rather than the usual pattern, but the scholar does not notice. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21678
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)
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Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Satire; Scholars in Literature; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures

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