[The giant family’s dogs examine Gulliver] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The giant family’s dogs examine Gulliver]
Subject: dogs; giants; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place)
Period: 1850-1900;
Description: Here we see Gulliver encountering the farmer giant’s dogs. Two dogs stand at the edge of the table looking at Gulliver. The two dogs resemble a St Bernard and a greyhound. The St Bernard’s head is resting on the table. Gulliver stands on the table with his small bowl of food next to him. He leans back away from the dogs. 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:21391
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1870 Stuttgart Grandville
Image: mta_21391_OBJ.png