[a group of female yahoos] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a group of female yahoos]
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Gulliver’s master explained various aspects of the Yahoos that lived in the Country of the Houyhnhnms. He told Gulliver that when a foreign female yahoo approached, she would be surrounded by other female yahoos who would examine her and speak with her, often expressing their contempt or disdain. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21234
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21234_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); satire; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures