Crusoe and Friday firing on the Cannibals" — Illustrated Children's Edition of "Robinson Crusoe" (1815) (original) (raw)

The Passage Illustrated: Crusoe and Friday firing on the Cannibals

"Now, Friday," do as you see me do," I laid down the muskets, and took up one, and then we both fired. [Page 52]

Parallel Scenes from Stothard (1790), Cruikshank (1831), and Cassell's (1863-64)

Left: Stothard's 1790 realisation of the earlier episode when Crusoe rescues Friday, Robinson Crusoe first sees and rescues his man Friday (copper-plate engraving, Chapter XIV, "A Dream Realised"). Right: George Cruikshank's wood-engraving with Crusoe and Friday scouting their prey, Crusoe and Friday watch the Cannibals from hiding (1831). [Click on the images to enlarge them.]

Above: The Cassell's house-artist's realistic wood-engraving of the battle in which Crusoe liberates Friday's father and the Spaniard (Friday, relegated to the background, fires on five Caribbean natives at once): >Crusoe rescues the Spaniard. [Click on image to enlarge it.]

Reference

Defoe, Daniel (adapted). The Wonderful Life and Surprising Adventures of that Renowned Hero, Robinson Crusoe: who lived twenty-eight years on an uninhabited island, which he afterwards colonized.. London: W. Darton, 1815.

Last modified 17 February 2018