[Three Lilliputian warship] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Three Lilliputian warship]
Subject: Ships; Sailing; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Lilliput (Imaginary Place); Gulliver's Travels
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Lilliput; Blefuscu; England
Description: In this image we see three Lilliputian warships preparing for battle with Blefuscu. The warship closest to the viewer is just leaving the dock, and there are two men, one on either side, releasing the ropes holding the ship in the dock as it leaves. This ship also has the letter L on its sail. This is because it represents Lilliput – also the first word of the chapter. Two flags fly from the highest mast. Two other warships are visible in the background. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator); Breviere (Illustrator); Francais (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21551
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21551_OBJ.png