Ein lahmer Hund einen Feind, welcher einen Angriff von aussen beabsichtigt · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Ein lahmer Hund einen Feind, welcher einen Angriff von aussen beabsichtigt
Subject: Conspiracy; Satire; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Corruption
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Balnibarbi
Description: This image is of a lazy dog. A lazy dog was code for an invader. This image comes in a description of a conspiracy found by a professor from the Grand Academy on Balnibarbi. This idea is representing code word for terms in the conspiracy that Swift is satirizing. The professor advises that those named in the conspiracy papers be closely monitored at all times, naming specifically while they were using the bathroom, as this is when men were most thoughtful. This conspiracy is thought to be an allusion to the trial of Francis Atterbury, the bishop of Rochester for allegedly plotting with the Jacobites. Atterbury was charged with treason in 1722 and was exiled to France. During Atterbury’s trial, his dog was used as evidence against him as the dog was a present from the French. Other interpretations of this image see the dog as the crown pretender Jacob Stuart or Jacob III. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21707
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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