[a lamp in front of a neoclassical building] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a lamp in front of a neoclassical building]
Subject: Lamps in literature; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see a lamp with a tall base. In the background we see a neoclassical building with a large dome. This image appears at the beginning of the eleventh chapter, in which Gulliver returns home to England. This architectural style was popular in England in the eighteenth century, thus reminiscent of Gulliver’s return home. The lamp represents Japan, where Gulliver traveled from Luggnag, and was able to return home. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21133
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21133_OBJ.png