[Gulliver speaks with Captain William Robinson before leaving for Laputa] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver speaks with Captain William Robinson before leaving for Laputa]
Subject: Sailors; Sailing; Ships; Sea Travel; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Europe; United Kingdom; Britain; England
Description: Here we see Gulliver sitting on a couch speaking with Captain William Robinson, who was the Commander of the Hope-well. Robinson asked Gulliver to join him on his trip to the Levant, working as a surgeon. Gulliver agreed and the set sail two months later. In this image we see the two men sitting on a couch together. In the background we see a telescope, Gulliver’s hat, and a map on the wall, and a pot of tea sitting on a table next to the couch. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21667
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_21667_OBJ.png