[Gulliver whittles a tree to use to repair his boat on Blefuscu] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver whittles a tree to use to repair his boat on Blefuscu]
Subject: Wood-carving; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; Lilliput (Imaginary place)
Period: 1850-1900;
Description: In this image we see Gulliver whittling a tree that he cut down to use as a mast for his boat. He was given supplies to refurbish the boat that he found so he could return home. Here we see Gulliver holding a tree under his arm, with the leaves and branches still attached at one end. He whittles one end to use in his boat, likely for a mast. He whittles the tree with a small handheld knife. In the bottom right, two more Blefuscudians cut down another tree, and behind Gulliver two more walk carrying a long plank. Gulliver’s hat is on the ground behind him. The same image appears in both the 1839 and 1843 Krabbe editions.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21383
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1870 Stuttgart Grandville
Image: mta_21383_OBJ.png