[Gulliver dines with the Governor of Glubbdubdrib] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver dines with the Governor of Glubbdubdrib]
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see Gulliver dining with the Governor of Glubbbdubdrub, who was a necromancer. Over dinner Gulliver tells the Governor about his time on Balnibarbi. The dinner was served by ghosts, and Gulliver is visibly uncomfortable. Gulliver tells us that over time he became used to the sight of the ghosts. The ghosts are very skeletal and gaunt, and the Governor could make them disappear with a snap of his fingers. The Governor wears robes with a skull and an owl on the front, and a pointed cap. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21064
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21064_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Dinners and dining in literature; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures; Magic; Resurrection in literature; ghosts