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"It would have made a stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner."

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1698205


Item data

Title

"It would have made a stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner."

Collection

Children's book illustrations
Book illustrations -- Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe

Names

Wood, Stanley L., 1866-1928 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1923

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

Subjects

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe
Dogs
Cats
Animal feeding
Parrots
Pets
Fur garments
Castaways
Cats and dogs

Genres

Illustrations

Notes

Content: Crusoe shares dinner with his animal companions, the dog and two cats rescued from the shipwreck and a parrot found on the island. Note the bones on the dirt floor of the hut!
Content: Written beneath image: "BOKL Dec 1923", indicating the December 1923 edition of "The Bookman" magazine, a combined catalog and house organ for the London publisher Hodder & Stoughton.
Source Note: Bookman. (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1891-).

Physical Description

Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 1 photomechanical print : halftone ; 15 x 9.5 cm.

Identifiers

Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2cb001c0-c5ba-012f-d57c-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1923

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. ""It would have made a stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner."" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1923. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2cb001c0-c5ba-012f-d57c-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1923). "It would have made a stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner." Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2cb001c0-c5ba-012f-d57c-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. ""It would have made a stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner."" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2cb001c0-c5ba-012f-d57c-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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