[Glumdalclitch teaches Gulliver to read the language of the giants from Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Glumdalclitch teaches Gulliver to read the language of the giants from Brobdingnag]
Subject: education; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); giants; imaginary places; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters; teaching; reading
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: In this image we see Gulliver learning to read the language of the giants from Brobdingnag. We see Glumdalclitch’s hands, one holding the book, the other holding a pointer. On the page we see different letters, Glumdalclitch pointing to different ones. Gulliver is seated, holding on to one page. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20909
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20909_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: education; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); giants; imaginary places; fictional works; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters; teaching; reading