“The treasurer and admiral insisted that you should be put to the most painful and ignominious death.” Page 69 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “The treasurer and admiral insisted that you should be put to the most painful and ignominious death.” Page 69
Subject: Treason; Lilliput (Imaginary Place); Fictitious Characters; Fictional Works; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Gulliver
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Lilliput; England
Description: Here a member of the Emperor’s court informs Gulliver that he was being charged with treason and that he would be put to death. Gulliver leans forward to the Lilliputian and cups his ear to hear him better. The sedan chair is visible in the bottom left corner.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22004
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22004_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Treason; Lilliput (Imaginary Place); Fictitious Characters; Fictional Works; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Gulliver