“This proposal was received with the utmost disapprobation.” - Page 70 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “This proposal was received with the utmost disapprobation.” - Page 70
Subject: Emperors in Literature; Lilliput (Imaginary Place); Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Lilliput; England
Description: Here the secretary of state of Lilliput addresses the Emperor, suggesting an alternative punishment to death for Gulliver. In the stands we see the other members of Parliament who look disapproving. The Emperor seated in the centre. To the left of the Emperor the admiral stands waving his arm in outrage at the proposal.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22005
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22005_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Emperors in Literature; Lilliput (Imaginary Place); Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures