[A satire on the state of England] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A satire on the state of England]
Subject: Corruption; Politics in Literature; Satire; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: England; United Kingdom; Britain; Europe
Description: Here we see a satire of the political system in England. Gulliver spent several days explaining the political system in England to his master, who was shocked at the state of corruption. This image appears at the beginning of chapter five, and the letter T is in the top corner of the image, as the first word of the chapter is the.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22107
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22107_OBJ.png