[general meeting of the Houyhnhnms] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [general meeting of the Houyhnhnms]
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; satire
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Every four years a representative council of the Houyhnhnms meets in a large plain about twenty miles from the house where Gulliver was staying. They discuss the conditions of the different districts of the country. This includes anything that a district is lacking, including hay or oats, as well as the regulation of children. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21850
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_21850_OBJ.png