[Gulliver waves as he leaves the Country of the Houyhnhnms] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver waves as he leaves the Country of the Houyhnhnms]
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); sailing; ships; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; satire
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see Gulliver waving to the Houyhnhnms he lived with during his time on the Country of the Houyhnhnms as he sails away. The Council of the Houyhnhnms told his master that Gulliver either had to live with the yahoos or return to Europe but could not live with the Houyhnhnms any longer. Gulliver was shocked by this, and decided he had to leave rather than live with the yahoos. On the shore behind the Houyhnhnms we see the special trees that grow in the Country of the Houyhnhnms, seen in an earlier image. Gulliver sails away in a small sailboat that he built with the help of the Sorrel Nag during his last two months in the Country of the Houyhnhnms. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Sears (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21868
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
Image: mta_21868_OBJ.png