[A Yahoo and a Houyhnhnm] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A Yahoo and a Houyhnhnm]
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Satire; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Land of the Houyhnhnms; England
Description: This image is a depiction of a Yahoo and a Houyhnhnm (horse). The Yahoo is a form of human who lives in the Country of the Houyhnhnms and serve as a foil to the Houyhnhnms who are the epitome of virtue. The image is a part of Swift’s Biography which precedes Part One of Gulliver’s Travels. The purpose of this illustration in the biography is to provide context for the political atmosphere and insight into Swift’s satirical writings, as the Fourth part of the story serves as a commentary on the socio-political atmosphere of the eighteenth century. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator); Breviere (Illustrator); Francais (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21485
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver’s Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21485_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Satire; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures