[Great temple of Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Great temple of Brobdingnag]
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Religion; Giants; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Cathedrals; Gulliver's Travels
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: Here we see the great temple of Brobdingnag. The temple is built in the gothic architectural style of many European cathedrals. There is a large tower and two naves. In the foreground we see two giant couples walking among trees. The giants appear very small next to the church, showing the size and scale of the building. There are several large trees in the foreground. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator); Breviere (Illustrator); Francais (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21616
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21616_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Religion; Giants; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Cathedrals; Gulliver's Travels