[a yahoo kills its cat while another drinks from the udder of a cow] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a yahoo kills its cat while another drinks from the udder of a cow]
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures; satire
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: At the Council of the Houyhnhnms, the council discussed the possibility of exterminating yahoos. Some of the reasons for the possible extermination of the yahoos were that they drank directly from cow’s udders, trample on oats and wheat, and would kill and eat their cats. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21245
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21245_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Yahoos (Fictitious Characters); fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures; satire