L. eine Flotte zur See bedeuten · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: L. eine Flotte zur See bedeuten
Subject: Conspiracy; Corruption; satire; politics in literature; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see the letter “L” with a castle. The letter “L” using a method of coding developed by scholars at the Grand Academy on Balnibarbi signifies the phrase “fleet at sea”. This image comes in a description of a conspiracy found by a professor from the Grand Academy on Balnibarbi. This conspiracy is thought to be an allusion to the trial of Francis Atterbury, the bishop of Rochester for allegedly plotting with the Jacobites. Atterbury was charged with treason in 1722 and was exiled to France. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21041
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21041_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Conspiracy; Corruption; satire; politics in literature; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures