I drew out my hanger, and flourished with it after the manner of fencers in England.- Page 106 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: I drew out my hanger, and flourished with it after the manner of fencers in England.- Page 106
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Performing Arts in Literature; Giants; Swords; Fictional Works; Imaginary Creatures; Imaginary Places; Fictitious Characters
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: England; Brobdingnag
Description: Here Gulliver performs for a crowd of giants. The farmer who found Gulliver created a show as a way of making money. Gulliver entertained the crowd by using his sword to mimic fencers. A barrier separates the crowd from the stage, and Glumdalclitch sits inside the barrier.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22020
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22020_OBJ.png