[Gulliver runs from giants on Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver runs from giants on Brobdingnag]
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Giants; Farmers; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: In this image we see Gulliver in the foreground running away from two giants on Brobdingnag. Gulliver ducks and runs through wheat stalks fleeing the giants. The central figure is the giant famer who eventually takes Gulliver in. He holds a large scythe and wears loose short pants and a shirt sewn together using various pieces of fabric. A second giant is visible in the distance. Only the head and shoulders of the second giant is visible. The second giant wears a large brimmed hat, while the Farmer is bareheaded. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator); Breviere (Illustrator); Francais (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21589
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21589_OBJ.png