[stack of coins] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [stack of coins]
Subject: Coins; satire; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures
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 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21211
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21211_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Coins; satire; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures