[Gulliver and a giant from Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver and a giant from Brobdingnag]
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Giants; Farmers; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: This image is a depiction of Gulliver and the giant farmer who shelters Gulliver in Brobdingnag. The farmer carries a scythe to indicate his position. The image is a part of Swift’s biography which precedes Part One of Gulliver’s Travels. The purpose of this illustration in the biography is to provide context for the political atmosphere and insight into Swift’s satirical writings. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator); Breviere (Illustrator); Francais (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21483
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21483_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Giants; Farmers; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures