[A man is killed after licking the floor in Luggnagg] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A man is killed after licking the floor in Luggnagg]
Subject: Manners and Customs; Rituals; Death and Burial; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Luggnagg; England
Description: It was a custom in Luggnagg to lick the floor in front of the throne before addressing the king. If the king wanted someone to be executed, the floor would be sprinkled with poison before the person lick it. In this image we see a person lying dead on the floor after this ceremony, as the king looks on.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22087
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22087_OBJ.png