[animals acting as lawyers] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [animals acting as lawyers]
Subject: animals; Lawyers; Legal authorities; Legal services; satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: In chapter five, Gulliver explains several aspects of society in England. Here we see several animals dressed in legal robes. Most animals were birds, with one donkey. This image serves as a commentary on the legal system, and its inefficiencies. The animals represent the ignorance, stupidity, and lack of common sense that Gulliver saw in the legal system. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21817
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843); Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
Image: mta_21817_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: animals; Lawyers; Legal authorities; Legal services; satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters