[Yahoos digging for gemstones] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Yahoos digging for gemstones]
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); satire; Precious stones; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see yahoos digging for gemstones. Gulliver’s master explains the relationships among the yahoos in the Country of the Houyhnhnms. Gulliver’s master says that the yahoos enjoy digging for various stones, which they would then fight over. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Verdeil (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21228
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21228_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); satire; Precious stones; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures