Art, Symbol & Imagination
Robinson Crusoe on the Shore
A solitary bearded man stands on sand with a long gun across his body and a pack behind his shoulder. Birds cross the open sky above the distant sea. The printed caption identifies Will Paget’s illustration from Robinson Crusoe in White’s survey of children’s book art.
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Will Paget. "Robinson Crusoe on the Shore" [editorial title]. In Children's Books and Their Illustrators, Gleeson White. The Studio special winter number1897-98. Complete historical illustrated survey through printed page68, original illustrator index and all four listed supplements. Matching scanned original wrapper; UNC library scan., 1897, Offices of The Studio. Source scan leaf 57. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/white-robinson-crusoe-paget
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Complete source page, faithfully reproduced. Descriptive Gallery title; source captions and artist credits retained. No reconstruction, recolouring or invented attribution.
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Will Paget. Robinson Crusoe on the Shore. Children's Books and Their Illustrators. Scan leaf 57. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/white-robinson-crusoe-paget