[A giant rat attacks Gulliver and he defends himself with his sword on Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A giant rat attacks Gulliver and he defends himself with his sword on Brobdingnag]
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures; fictional works; imaginary places; Self-defense; giants; Rats in literature
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: In this image we see a giant rat moving towards Gulliver and prepares to attack Gulliver. The rat is roughly the same size as Gulliver. Gulliver is seating, leaning against an intricately carved post with his sword in his hand preparing to defend himself. Gulliver ultimately ends up killing the rat after it attacked him. Fabric comes down on either side of the post, making the image look as though it were taking place on a stage. Gulliver’s hat is on the bottom left side of the image. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20901
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20901_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures; fictional works; imaginary places; Self-defense; giants; Rats in literature