[Gulliver’s master speaks at the Council of the Houyhnhnms] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver’s master speaks at the Council of the Houyhnhnms]
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see Gulliver's master seated before the Council of the Houyhnhnms, where represented his district. Every four years a representative council of the Houyhnhnms meets in a large plain about twenty miles from the house where Gulliver was staying. They discuss the conditions of the different districts of the country. This image appears at the beginning of chapter nine, and the letter “U” appears on the back of the chair because it is the first letter of the chapter. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Sears (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21852
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_21852_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Houyhnhnms (Fictitious Characters); satire; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures