Thomas Stothard's "A Chinese gentleman at his repast" for Defoe's "Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" (original) (raw)

A Chinese gentleman at his repast

Artist: Thomas Stothard

Engraver: C. Heath

1790

Copper-engraving

10.9 cm high by 8.3 cm wide

Source: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, facing page 344.

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Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham.

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Stothard initially provided fifteen plates in Harrison's 1782 edition, then a more comprehensive set for John Stockdale's 1790 edition. Stothard added five plates to the second group of illustrations for this edition.