[a group of female yahoos] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a group of female yahoos]
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Gulliver’s master explained various aspects of the Yahoos that lived in the Country of the Houyhnhnms. He told Gulliver that when a foreign female yahoo approached, she would be surrounded by other female yahoos who would examine her and speak with her, often expressing their contempt or disdain. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21842
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_21842_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures