[Gulliver tries to help a yahoo child] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver tries to help a yahoo child]
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Children; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; satire
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see Gulliver attempting to hold a yahoo child who appeared to need help. However, the child squirmed and got free. The child was three years old and was playing with other children and fell. In this image we see Gulliver holding the child, with others chasing each other in the background on the right, and a Houyhnhnm on the left. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Laisne (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21845
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843); Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
Image: mta_21845_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Children; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; satire