[Relief drawing of Voltaire, Rabelais, and Swift] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Relief drawing of Voltaire, Rabelais, and Swift]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; France; Europe
Description: This image depicts a relief with the profiles of Voltaire, Rabelais, and Swift. Voltaire is in the left side, facing Rabelais and Swift. Rabelais and Swift are both on the right hand side, with Rabelais behind Swift. The names of the writers are written above their heads. 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. Through the image, Swift is compared to other notable writers of the same era, securing his importance in the writing stage. This edition was published over a century after Swift’s initial publication, thus Swift’s importance had already been secured. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20792
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekkant Lander
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20792_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: philosophers in literature; philosophy; authors; biography