[a hoof of Gulliver’s Houyhnhnm master] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a hoof of Gulliver’s Houyhnhnm master]
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see a hoof of Gulliver’s master. This image appears at the beginning of the fourth chapter, in which Gulliver’s master explains the Houyhnhnms philosophy on truth and falsehood. The letter M appears on the hoof is the first letter of the chapter. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21796
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
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