[Gulliver speaks with the Houyhnhnms and shows them his knife] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver speaks with the Houyhnhnms and shows them his knife]
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); study and teaching; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Description: Here Gulliver tries to explain his situation to two Houyhnhnms. He asks them for shelter, and in return he says he will make them a present in return for the favour using his knife. The Houyhnhnms spoke between themselves and agreed to help Gulliver. During their conversation Gulliver heard the two saying the word yahoo, so Gulliver repeated the word back to them. The Houyhnhnms looked surprised, then proceeded to teach Gulliver the correct pronunciation of the word. The Houyhnhnms then took in Gulliver and taught him the language. The same image appears in both the 1839 and 1843 Krabbe editions.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21439
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1870 Stuttgart Grandville
Image: mta_21439_OBJ.png