[Diplomats from Blefuscu arrive on Lilliput] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Diplomats from Blefuscu arrive on Lilliput]
Subject: diplomats; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; Lilliput (Imaginary place)
Period: 1850-1900;
Description: In this image we see a procession of Diplomats from Blefuscu arriving on Lilliput to make peace. The Emperor of Blefuscu is in the centre of the image riding a white horse and wearing a long cape which is being held up by his attendants. The Blefuscudian Emperor is also wearing a different shaped hat than the others in the party. In the front of the procession is a heralder riding a black horse and announcing their arrival by trumpeting on an instrument. Behind the Emperor is a procession of other diplomats and nobles, one of whom is carrying the banner of Blefuscu. Gulliver is looking on from behind a tower within the walls of Lilliput. The same image appears in both the 1839 and 1843 Krabbe editions.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21348
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1870 Stuttgart Grandville
Image: mta_21348_OBJ.png