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Title: [A battlefield]
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Gulliver explains how war works in Europe to his Master. Gulliver describes cannons, muskets, pistols, bullets, gunpowder, bayonets, sieges, battles, retreats, attacks, bombardments, sea battles, horses’ roles on the battlefield, and the various ways soldiers die on the battlefield. Several of these elements are shown in this image, including naval warfare, cannons, soldier’s deaths. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21205
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21205_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Battlefields; horses; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures