[Gulliver is dressed in his finest clothes, speaks to the King of Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver is dressed in his finest clothes, speaks to the King of Brobdingnag]
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Gulliver is dressed in his finest clothes and carries a sceptre, as is the traditional formal attire in England. 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. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20934
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20934_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Kings and rulers; Kings, queens, rulers, etc; imaginary places; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters