[Gulliver's Laputan tutor] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver's Laputan tutor]
Subject: Tutors and tutoring in literature; education; scholars in literature; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures; floating islands in literature
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see Gulliver’s tutor from Laputa. He was charged with teaching Gulliver the language and showing him around the island. Gulliver’s tutor showed him the schools and the research in philosophy and astronomy that was being conducted. The image shows how the Laputans had their head tilted to one side and had one eye facing inwards while the other looks upwards. The tutor wears a headpiece that has a “J” on it because it is the first letter of the chapter. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20991
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_20991_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Tutors and tutoring in literature; education; scholars in literature; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures; floating islands in literature