[a burial procession for the Houyhnhnms] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a burial procession for the Houyhnhnms]
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see a group of Houyhnhnms carrying a deceased Houyhnhnm. They carry the body towards a cave that will serve as a tomb. This image appears when Gulliver explains the lifecycle of the Houyhnhnms and their burial rites. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Rambert (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21858
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_21858_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Burial in literature; Funeral customs and rites; Funeral service