[Gulliver climbs over the wall of the Imperial palace in Mildendo] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver climbs over the wall of the Imperial palace in Mildendo]
Subject: castles in literature; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; Lilliput (Imaginary place)
Period: 1850-1900;
Description: In this image we see Gulliver climbing over the walls of the Emperor’s palace, which lies in the centre of Mildendo. The walls were five feet high, so Gulliver built himself two stools out of wood to help him get over the walls – as the gates were too difficult for Gulliver to get through or over. The stools were each three feet tall, and there was one on each side of the wall. Gulliver did this because the Emperor wanted to see the Imperial Palace. The same image appears in both the 1839 and 1843 Krabbe editions.
Image Creator: Verdeil (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21341
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1870 Stuttgart Grandville
Image: mta_21341_OBJ.png