[Gulliver learns the language of the Houyhnhnms] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver learns the language of the Houyhnhnms]
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); study and teaching; language; education; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Description: Here we see Gulliver sitting on a rock with a Houyhnhnm who sits on his haunches. In the background we see the Houyhnhnm’s house. The Houyhnhnm teaches Gulliver their language, which Gulliver learns and is able to converse with the Houyhnhnms. The same image appears in both the 1839 and 1843 Krabbe editions.
Image Creator: Sears (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21440
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1870 Stuttgart Grandville; 1870 Stuttgart Grandville
Image: mta_21440_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); study and teaching; language; education; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures