[a man using crutches] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a man using crutches]
Subject: Nobility in literature; satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see a man on crutches. This image appears when Gulliver explains European nobility and their conduct. Gulliver explains that many upper-class men hire prostitutes which causes them to contract various diseases, while they are engaged to women chosen by their family. The upper classes also tended to be incestuous, which caused children to be born with deformities and they were more likely to have weak constitutions and were frequently ill. Thus, wealthy children were often sick and weak. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Verdeil (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21832
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_21832_OBJ.png