[Lilliputian seamstresses take measurements for Gulliver’s clothes and sheets] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Lilliputian seamstresses take measurements for Gulliver’s clothes and sheets]
Subject: Lilliput (Imaginary place); imaginary places; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters; Sewing in literature; Women tailors
Period: 1800-1850;
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 the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20857
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekkant Lander
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20857_OBJ.png