[Donkeys from the Country of the Houyhnhnms] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Donkeys from the Country of the Houyhnhnms]
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Donkeys; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Creatures; Imaginary Places
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Land of the Houyhnhnms; Oceania; England
Description: Here we see donkeys who lived in the Country of the Houyhnhnms. This image appears when the council of the Houyhnhnms discuss the possibility of exterminating the Yahoos from the country. One argument for their extermination was that they caused considerable harm to other animals they encountered, including cows, cats, and donkeys.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22115
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22115_OBJ.png