[Gulliver’s house is rescued by sailors after he was dropped into the ocean by an eagle off of Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver’s house is rescued by sailors after he was dropped into the ocean by an eagle off of Brobdingnag]
Subject: eagles; sailing; ships; sea travel; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here Gulliver’s house is rescued by sailors after he was dropped into the ocean by an eagle. We see a rowboat with five men pulling in Gulliver’s house. In the background we see the large sailing ship that brought Gulliver back to England. Gulliver had a difficult time adjusting to interacting with humans his own size. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20963
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_20963_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: eagles; sailing; ships; sea travel; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures