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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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Title
"It would have made a stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner."
Names
Wood, Stanley L., 1866-1928 (Artist)
Collection

Children's book illustrations

Book illustrations -- Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1923
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC-CHI BOOK-Def-Rob
Topics
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.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2cb001c0-c5ba-012f-d57c-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1866: Creator Born
  • 1923: Issued
  • 1928: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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/68dfb877-b9d7-77b0-e040-e00a18060bb0

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 December 14, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/68dfb877-b9d7-77b0-e040-e00a18060bb0

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/68dfb877-b9d7-77b0-e040-e00a18060bb0

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