[Gulliver’s mutinied crew chains him to his bed] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver’s mutinied crew chains him to his bed]
Subject: Mutiny; sailing; sea travel; ships; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see Gulliver’s crew chaining him to his bed after they mutinied. Many of his crew died of fever, and Gulliver recruited more men from Barbados. These men then mutinied and chained Gulliver to his bed. They rushed into his room, threatening to throw him overboard if he did not cooperate. Gulliver swore to submit, then they chained him to his bed, and placed a guard at his door. At the first sight of land, the crew dropped Gulliver on land, and left him. In this image we see a man putting a chain around Gulliver’s ankle, while another looks on. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21779
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
Image: mta_21779_OBJ.png