[Gulliver with Robinson Crusoe] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver with Robinson Crusoe]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; United Kingdom; Great Britain
Description: This image is a depiction of Gulliver and Robinson Crusoe. The story of Robinson Crusoe is referenced several times throughout Gulliver’s Travels. The image is a part of Swift’s biography which precedes Part One of Gulliver’s Travels. The purpose of this illustration in the biography is to provide context for the political atmosphere and insight into Swift’s satirical writings. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator);Breviere (Illustrator);Francais (Illustrator); Grandville (Illustrator); Breviere (Illustrator); Francais (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21486
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21486_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious Character); Biography; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Gulliver