Impressively dressed as Governor, Crusoe offers the five criminal mutineers their freedom on the island, along with the expected Spaniards, in place of certain death in England.
Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979)
Price
£1,450
Medium
Ink
Dimensions
3 ½ x 6 ¾
inches
Illustrated
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, London: Nonesuch Press, 1968, page 266, heading to chapter XV
Exhibited
'The Human Touch: The Art of Edward Ardizzone', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, April-May 2025
'My dear friend and deliverer,’ says he, ‘there is your ship, for she is all yours, and so are we, and all that belong to her.'' page 266