[Gulliver shudders at his own reflection] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver shudders at his own reflection]
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: During his time on the Country of the Houyhnhnms, Gulliver began to hate all humans, because he viewed the Houyhnhnms to be superior beings, while the yahoos were inferior. It got to the point where Gulliver began to hate his own reflection because he looked like the yahoos. This sentiment stuck with Gulliver even after he returned home to England, and he could never look at a human the same way. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Sears (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21260
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21260_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures; satire