[An immortal child on Luggnagg] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [An immortal child on Luggnagg]
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Luggnagg; England
Description: In Luggnagg it was possible for someone to be born immortal. These children were identified by a large spot above their left eye. Gulliver was initially excited by the possibility of being immortal, however he quickly learned that the lives of the immortals were often sad and unfulfilled as they grew older.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22088
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22088_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Immortality in Literature