[Gulliver’s master travels for performances] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver’s master travels for performances]
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: The farmer who found Gulliver created a show as a way of making money. Gulliver entertained the crowd by using his sword to mimic fencers. The farmer then began to travel with the show. In this image we see the giants travelling between shows. The farmer rides the first horse, and his daughter Glumdalclitch rides on the back of the horse, carrying Gulliver’s box.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22021
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22021_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Performing Arts in Literature; Transportation; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures