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Title: [a young Houyhnhnms]
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see a child of the Houyhnhnms. Every four years a representative council of the Houyhnhnms meets in a large plain about twenty miles from the house where Gulliver was staying. They discuss the conditions of the different districts of the country. One of the issues discussed at these meetings are the regulations of children. This includes their redistribution between parents. For example, if one couple had two boys, and another had two girls, then the couples would switch one child, so each couple had one boy and one girl. Another example is when a child died, if the mother could no longer bear children, then another couple in the community will have a child to replace the deceased. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Sears (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21851
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843); Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
Image: mta_21851_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Children; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; satire