[Glumdalclitch teaches Gulliver to read the language of Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Glumdalclitch teaches Gulliver to read the language of Brobdingnag]
Period: 1850-1900;
Description: In this image we see Gulliver learning to read the language of the giants from Brobdingnag. We see Glumdalclitch’s hands, one holding the book, the other holding a pointer. On the page we see different letters, Glumdalclitch pointing to different ones. Gulliver is seated, holding on to one page. The same image appears in both the 1839 and 1843 Krabbe editions.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21400
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1870 Stuttgart Grandville; 1870 Stuttgart Grandville
Image: mta_21400_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: education; reading; study and teaching; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); giants; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places