1798
GUSN-17284
"ROBINSON CRUSOE carrying away on his RAFT the most useful Articles of the WRECK./ For a mile, or thereabouts, my Raft went very well, only I found it drive a little distant from the place where I had landed before." Scene of Crusoe on raft, rowing away from wreck; mountain landscape in rear. Engraving later hand-colored in shades of green, red, yellow; gilt wood frame.
engravings (prints)
hand coloring
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
Picture
Unidentified Paper
Watercolor
Hand Colored
Literature
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)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1942.794F
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