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Title: [phrenology bust]
Subject: Phrenology in literature; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; satire
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see a phrenology bust. The image appears at the beginning of the eighth chapter, in which Gulliver and his master discuss various aspects of the lives of the Yahoos on the Country of the Houyhnhnms, including exercise and education if their children. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21844
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843); Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
Image: mta_21844_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Phrenology in literature; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; satire