[Political scientists from the Grand Academy of Lagado attempt to modify the monarchical practices] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Political scientists from the Grand Academy of Lagado attempt to modify the monarchical practices]
Subject: Scholars; Politics in Literature; Satire; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Learned Institutions and Societies
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Balnibarbi; England; Laputa
Description: At the political school at the Grand Academy on Balnibarbi, scholars work on new methods of choosing ministers and the monarch’s favourites. These methods were based on merit, intelligence, and virtue, and capacity for doing what is best for the public, rather than the old method of nepotism and bribery. These scholars, however, were largely unsuccessful. This is a commentary on the political atmosphere of England and other European countries at this time. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21701
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
Image: mta_21701_OBJ.png