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Title: [stack of coins]
Subject: money; Coins; satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: In chapter six, Gulliver explains several aspects of society in England. Here we see a stack of coins with the lion of Great Britain. Gulliver explains finances and the English fiscal system and Treasury to his Master on the Country of the Houyhnhnms. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Rambert (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21818
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_21818_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: money; Coins; satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places