[Gulliver’s master at the Council of the Houyhnhnms] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver’s master at the Council of the Houyhnhnms]
Subject: City councils; Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); satire; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; fictional works
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see Gulliver's master seated before the Council of the Houyhnhnms, where represented his district. Every four years a representative council of the Houyhnhnms meets in a large plain about twenty miles from the house where Gulliver was staying. They discuss the conditions of the different districts of the country. This image appears at the beginning of chapter nine, and the letter “U” appears on the back of the chair because it is the first letter of the chapter. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Sears (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21244
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21244_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: City councils; Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); satire; imaginary creatures; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; fictional works