[Symbols of bribery of the English legal system] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Symbols of bribery of the English legal system]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: Here we see a depiction of the corruption of the English legal system. The image shows a desk with bribes on top of the verdict. A framed picture of a lawyer is in the back. We see a rabbit and several bottles, likely of expensive goods, and a coin purse with coins spilling out on top of a stack of papers, with the word verdict written on it. 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. This image comes when Gulliver is discussing the corrupt legal system, speaking to how the wealthy could buy their desired outcome. 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:21640
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21640_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Bribery; Corruption; Satire; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Gulliver's Travels