"It would have made a stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner."
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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
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
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Date Issued
1923
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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
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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
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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
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