[Gulliver’s crew flees after seeing a giant, leaving him stranded on Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver’s crew flees after seeing a giant, leaving him stranded on Brobdingnag]
Subject: imaginary places; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures; fictional works; giants
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see Gulliver’s crew fleeing Brobdingnag after seeing a giant, leaving Gulliver stranded. In the foreground we see Gulliver’s back as he watches the rest of the crew rowing away back to the ship. Gulliver runs along the coast, but the crew does not return to get him. Also in the foreground, we see waves crashing against a large rock, which is the same size as Gulliver. Six crew members are rowing a small rowboat and waving their arms fleeing. We see the silhouette of a giant in the distance. The giant also appears to be in the water while the crew tries to avoid him. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20892
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20892_OBJ.png