Fig: IV. Tom: I. pag. 119 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Fig: IV. Tom: I. pag. 119
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Fictitious Characters; Fictional Works; Giants; Gulliver
Period: 1700-1750;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: This image represents Gulliver’s adventures in Brobdingnag. The central figure is the farmer who first discovered Gulliver, standing under a tree. The Giant holds Gulliver in his hand, showing the reader the difference in size between Gulliver, and the Giants of Brobdingnag. In the background, we see an eagle carrying a box, depicting the episode in which Gulliver left Brobdingnag, as the box in which he lived and travelled was picked up by an eagle, and carried over the open water, before the eagle dropped Gulliver into the ocean, later to be discovered by a ship. We see another giant in the background, close to the water, presumably the page who left Gulliver’s box unattended, thus allowing it to be picked up by the eagle.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Illustration
Identifier: mta:20753
Language: ger
Source Name: Des Capitains Lemuel Gulliver Reisen in unterschiedliche entfernte und unbekandte Länder
Parent Collection: Des Capitains Lemuel Gulliver Reisen in unterschiedliche entfernte und unbekandte Länder. Anonymous Illustrations (1727); Des Capitains Lemuel Gulliver Reisen in unterschiedliche entfernte und unbekandte Länder. Anonymous Illustrations (1727)
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Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Fictitious Characters; Fictional Works; Giants; Gulliver

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