Ich ergriff muthig mein, bein ein Dutzend der Plagegeister zusammen und schiug in die Flucht. (S. 132) · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Ich ergriff muthig mein, bein ein Dutzend der Plagegeister zusammen und schiug in die Flucht. (S. 132)
Subject: wasps; Self-defense; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; giants
Period: 1850-1900;
Description: In this image we see Gulliver fighting off three giant wasps on Brobdingnag. The wasps got into Gulliver’s house when the window was left open. One wasp is dead on the ground, while the other three fly around Gulliver. He brought the wasps’ stingers home with him, as curiosities of the lands he visited.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21412
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1870 Stuttgart Grandville; 1870 Stuttgart Grandville
Image: mta_21412_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: wasps; Self-defense; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; giants