[The giant family’s cat sees Gulliver] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The giant family’s cat sees Gulliver]
Subject: cats; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; giants
Period: 1850-1900;
Description: Here we see Gulliver encountering the farmer giant’s cat. The cat has its eyes set on Gulliver, with its ears back and whisker’s spread, a sign that the cat is interested in something and wants to catch it. A bowl separates Gulliver from the cat. Gulliver is standing on the edge of the table, leaning back in alarm. This image highlights the difference in scale between the giant’s world and reality. The same image appears in both the 1839 and 1843 Krabbe editions.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21390
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1870 Stuttgart Grandville
Image: mta_21390_OBJ.png