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Title: [Gulliver demonstrates his pistol to the Lilliputians]
Subject: Lilliput (Imaginary place); imaginary places; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters; pistol shooting
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: In this image Gulliver demonstrates his pistol to the Lilliputians. Gulliver’s right arm is visible, holding his pistol. A cloud of smoke emerges from the pistol. A crowd of Lilliputians cower on the ground, scared by the bang of the gunpowder. Two horses rear also scared by the noise. This image comes at the point in the story where Gulliver demonstrates his weapons to the people of Lilliput, including his rapier and his pistol, which he loaded with gunpowder to demonstrate its use. The town is visible in the background. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Breviere (Illustrator); Hebert (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20827
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekkant Lander
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20827_OBJ.png