[Gulliver stood over the corpse of the rat] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver stood over the corpse of the rat]
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: While sleeping on the bed in Brobdingnag, two rats climbed up on the bed and began to attack Gulliver. He then drew his sword and killed the rats. In this image we see Gulliver standing over the corpse of the rat.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22017
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22017_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Rats in Literature; Giants; Self-Defense; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures