[Gulliver drinks from a trough following games at the general council] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver drinks from a trough following games at the general council]
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Land of the Houyhnhnms; Oceania; England
Description: Every five years Houyhnhnms meet from all over the country in a general council. This meeting included games, similar to the Olympics. In this image we see athletes and spectators meeting at a water trough. Gulliver sits in front of the trough drinking with the other Houyhnhnms.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22114
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22114_OBJ.png