Our countenances diligently compared both by master and servant. - Page 282 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Our countenances diligently compared both by master and servant. - Page 282
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Fictional Works; Imaginary Places; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Creatures; Satire
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Land of the Houyhnhnms; England
Description: Here the Houyhnhnms compare Gulliver to the Yahoos. When his master first brought him home, his wife was shocked to find her husband bringing a Yahoo into the house. They then took Gulliver outside to compare him with the Yahoos the kept in the stable, chained up. They found Gulliver behaved very differently and wore different clothes, and allowed him to stay. This section serves as a commentary on the European’s views and prejudices of Native Americans.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver); Linton (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22100
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22100_OBJ.png