[Gulliver is measured by seamstresses for new clothes] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver is measured by seamstresses for new clothes]
Subject: Sewing in literature; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; Lilliput (Imaginary place)
Period: 1850-1900;
Description: Here we see three Lilliputian seamstresses taking measurements for Gulliver’s clothes and bedsheets. Two women hold either end of a measuring tape, while the third stands in the middle taking measurements. The three women stand on top of Gulliver who is covered with a sheet. Gulliver has a bandana wrapped around his head which is resting on a basket. The same image appears in both the 1839 and 1843 Krabbe editions.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21376
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1870 Stuttgart Grandville
Image: mta_21376_OBJ.png