[The Houyhnhnms watch as Gulliver sails away] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Houyhnhnms watch as Gulliver sails away]
Subject: Boats; Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Sailing; Sea Travel; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Land of the Houyhnhnms; Oceania; England
Description: Here we see the Houyhnhnms watching as Gulliver sails away. The council of the Houyhnhnms decided that Gulliver could not live with the Houyhnhnms any longer and he had to leave. Gulliver built a boat and sailed away. The image appears at the beginning of chapter ten, and the letter I is in the top right corner of the image, as it is the first word of the chapter.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22122
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22122_OBJ.png