[Gulliver prepares to speak with the King of Brobdingnag wearing his best clothes] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver prepares to speak with the King of Brobdingnag wearing his best clothes]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: Gulliver is dressed in his finest clothes and carries a sceptre, as is the traditional formal attire in England. In this chapter Gulliver talks with the king of Brobdingnag about English traditions. 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. 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:21635
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21635_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Kings and Rulers; Giants; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Gulliver's Travels