[A tooth from a giant from Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A tooth from a giant from Brobdingnag]
Subject: Teeth; Giants; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Gulliver's Travels
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: Here we see a tooth that was pulled from one of Glumdalclitch’s servants. Gulliver gave the tooth to the captain of the ship that rescued him. Gulliver’s hat and a plate are on the table next to the tooth to show the size. Gulliver stands in the background, with his back to the viewer. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator); Breviere (Illustrator); Francais (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21656
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21656_OBJ.png