[the Queen of Brobdingnag’s dwarf torments Gulliver] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [the Queen of Brobdingnag’s dwarf torments Gulliver]
Subject: giants; Queens in literature; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); imaginary places; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see the Queen of Brobdingnag’s dwarf tormenting Gulliver. The dwarf holds Gulliver between his fingers as Gulliver leans away from him. The dwarf wears a pointed cap with bells. The letter J is on his cap, as it is the first letter of the chapter. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20922
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20922_OBJ.png