[Gulliver with military regalia from Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver with military regalia from Brobdingnag]
Subject: Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes; swords; giants; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Description: Here Gulliver stands on a stack of military regalia of the army of Brobdingnag. We see a sword, axe, circular shield, helmet, and chest plate. The armour is highly decorated with engraving and gemstones, particularly on the chest plate and the sword. The same image appears in both the 1839 and 1843 Krabbe editions.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21424
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1870 Stuttgart Grandville; 1870 Stuttgart Grandville
Image: mta_21424_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes; swords; giants; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures