[The cavalry of Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The cavalry of Brobdingnag]
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Cavalry; Giants; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Gulliver's Travels
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; England
Description: Here we see Gulliver sitting in front of the King of Brobdingnag’s cavalry. Gulliver is seated on a table with the back to the viewer. He faces four men riding horses, two of whom have spears. All the men have facial hair and wear pointed caps. There are several other rows of cavalry men in the background. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator); Breviere (Illustrator); Francais (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21617
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1; 1843 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 1
Image: mta_21617_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Cavalry; Giants; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures; Gulliver's Travels