[Gulliver is transported to the capital city of Lilliput on a gurney] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver is transported to the capital city of Lilliput on a gurney]
Subject: Transportation; Fictional Works; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Lilliput (Imaginary Place); Fictitious Characters
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: England; Lilliput
Description: Here Gulliver is transported to the capital of Lilliput on a large gurney. The Emperor of Lilliput wanted Gulliver to be moved from the shore to the capital city and he asked for a large gurney to be built. The gurney was built to be seven feet long, four feet wide, and three inches thick, with twenty-two wheels. The gurney was attached to eighty ropes pulled by fifteen-hundred horses. Gulliver was given medicine to make him sleep while they made the journey from the shore to the capital. They reached the capital after a day and a half of marching – stopping overnight. During the night, five-thousand men stood guard.
Image Creator: C. Offterdinger (Chromolithographer)
Type: StillImage; Chromolithographs
Identifier: mta:21888
Language: dut
Source Name: Gulliver's Reizen Naar Lilliput En Andere Vreemde Landen
Parent Collection: 1872 Leiden C. Offterdinger; 1872 Leiden C. Offterdinger
Image: mta_21888_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Transportation; Fictional Works; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Lilliput (Imaginary Place); Fictitious Characters