I rose in a fright, and drew out my hanger to defend myself. - Page 101 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: I rose in a fright, and drew out my hanger to defend myself. - Page 101
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Self-defense; Rats in Literature; Giants; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: Here Gulliver defends himself from giant rats on Brobdingnag. While sleeping on the bed in Brobdingnag, two rats climbed up on the bed and began to attack Gulliver. These rats were almost the size of Gulliver. He drew his sword in self-defense and killed the rats.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22016
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22016_OBJ.png