[Diagram showing the scale of animals and insects on Lilliput] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Diagram showing the scale of animals and insects on Lilliput]
Subject: animals; insects; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; Lilliput (Imaginary place)
Period: 1850-1900;
Description: In this image we are shown the scale of all the animals on Lilliput next to Gulliver’s ruler which measures twelve inches. The average Lilliputian man measures six inches tall. The scale includes a human, cow, horse, goat, ram, sheep, dog, monkey, cat, fox, rabbit, mouse, rooster, owl, parrot, parakeet, dove, swan, duck, toucan, turtle, lizard, frog, snake, fish, butterfly, moth, and several other types of insects. The purpose of the image is to demonstrate that the animals on Lilliput are roughly the same scale to the human as is true in the real world. Due to this scale we are also led to believe that the same animals exist on Lilliput as do in reality, simply on a smaller scale, and thus they likely have the same roles and utilities. This contrasts to some animals in the other lands visited by Gulliver later in the story where the animals are more highly fictionalized. The same image appears in both the 1839 and 1843 Krabbe editions.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21371
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1870 Stuttgart Grandville
Image: mta_21371_OBJ.png