[The Farmer giant from Brobdingnag and Gulliver] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Farmer giant from Brobdingnag and Gulliver]
Subject: farmers in literature; scythes; giants; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see the Farmer from Brobdingnag just before discovering Gulliver. The farmer holds a scythe and stands in a field of wheat. Gulliver is seen in the foreground, running away from the giant. This image shows the height difference between Gulliver and the Giants on Brobdingnag.
Image Creator: unknown (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Photomechanical prints
Identifier: mta:21289
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen
Parent Collection: 1850 Stuttgart Scheible; 1850 Stuttgart Scheible
Image: mta_21289_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: farmers in literature; scythes; giants; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures