[Gulliver explains sailing using his handkerchief] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver explains sailing using his handkerchief]
Subject: sailing; ships; sea travel; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters)
Period: 1850-1900;
Description: Intrigued by the European’s technology, Gulliver explained how he arrived on the island. He explained how ships work and used his handkerchief to explain the ship’s sails, seen here. In this image Gulliver uses his breath to simulate wind, using a handkerchief to simulate the sails to his master. Gulliver did this to explain how ships were built and how they worked and how he arrived in the Country of the Houyhnhnms. The same image appears in both the 1839 and 1843 Krabbe editions.
Image Creator: Verdeil (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21448
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1870 Stuttgart Grandville; 1870 Stuttgart Grandville
Image: mta_21448_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: sailing; ships; sea travel; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters)