1798
GUSN-17283
"ROBINSON CRUSOE, Threat'ning to shoot MULEY, if he approached the BOAT./ Fetching one of the Fowling Pieces I presented it at him and told him I had done him no hurt, and if he would quiet, I would do him none." Scene of Crusoe and companion sailing; Crusoe holds raised shotgun at shipwrecked "MULEY"; land w/ fort in distance. Engraving later hand-colored in shades of pink, blue, green; wood frame with applied gilt.
engravings (prints)
hand coloring
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
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Unidentified Paper
Watercolor
Hand Colored
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Picture
Inscribed underneath print: ""London: Published May 1-1798, by Haines and Son, 19 Rolls Building, Fetter Lane.""
Crusoe, Robinson
Haines & Son (Maker)
London, England
8 x 12 (HxW) (inches)
1942.794E
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