I...made it my business to teach him everything.
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1697970
Item data
Title
I...made it my business to teach him everything.
Collection
Children's book illustrations
Book illustrations -- Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe
Names
Rhead, Louis, 1857-1926 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1900 (Approximate)
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe
Dogs
Teachers
Cats
Candles
Students
Instruction
Teaching
Fur garments
Castaways
Genres
Notes
Content: This picture has no source information, but its style and format match those found under Source Ref. number 17647.
Content: Crusoe teaches Friday the names of objects and then, gradually, how to speak simple English. Friday looks attentive, while the sleeping cat and dog add an air of peace and calm to the scene.
Source Note: The life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, mariner. (New York : Harper Brothers, c1900) Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731), Author. Rhead, F. A. (Frederick Alfred) (1855-), Illustrator. Rhead, Louis (1857-1926), Illustrator.
Physical Description
Line photoengravings
Extent: 1 photomechanical print : line photoengraving ; 12 x 16.5 cm.
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 286b52e0-c5ba-012f-9e1c-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1900
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "I...made it my business to teach him everything." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1900. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/286b52e0-c5ba-012f-9e1c-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1900). I...made it my business to teach him everything. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/286b52e0-c5ba-012f-9e1c-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "I...made it my business to teach him everything." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/286b52e0-c5ba-012f-9e1c-58d385a7bc34
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