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Daniel Defoe Collection

Daniel Defoe, the renowned English writer, is best known for his timeless masterpiece "Robinson Crusoe

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Daniel Defoe, author of " Robinson Crusoe." Digitally colored engraving of a portrait

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Bringing the Raft from the Wreck, illustration for Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)

Bringing the Raft from the Wreck, illustration for Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) (colour litho)
IL193468 Bringing the Raft from the Wreck, illustration for Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) (colour litho) by Davie, Howard (fl.1914-44); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robinson Crusoe and Man Friday (oil on canvas)

Robinson Crusoe and Man Friday (oil on canvas)
HFA393557 Robinson Crusoe and Man Friday (oil on canvas) by Fraser, Alexander Snr (1786-1865); 40.5x58.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robinson Crusoe after the shipwreck (chromolitho)

Robinson Crusoe after the shipwreck (chromolitho)
735900 Robinson Crusoe after the shipwreck (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe after the shipwreck)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robinson Crusoe building his hut (chromolitho)

Robinson Crusoe building his hut (chromolitho)
735901 Robinson Crusoe building his hut (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe building his hut)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Statue of Robinson Crusoe, at Largo, Fifeshire, Birthplace of Alexander Selkirk (engraving)

Statue of Robinson Crusoe, at Largo, Fifeshire, Birthplace of Alexander Selkirk (engraving)
1623130 Statue of Robinson Crusoe, at Largo, Fifeshire, Birthplace of Alexander Selkirk (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Statue of Robinson Crusoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robinson Crusoe title page from 'The Life

Robinson Crusoe title page from "The Life
3614714 A Robinson CrusoeA title page from A" The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, or York, MarinerA" by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719 by English School

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Title page from 'The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Title page from "The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
3614713 Title page from A" The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Being the Second and Last Part of His Life, And of the Strange Surprising Accounts of his Travels Round three Parts of

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Defoes Manuscript of Robinson Crusoe rejected by the Publishers

Defoes Manuscript of Robinson Crusoe rejected by the Publishers
NWP153582 Defoes Manuscript of Robinson Crusoe rejected by the Publishers by Ward, Edward Matthew (1816-79); 67x89 cm; Newport Museum and Art Gallery

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 18th century (engraving)

The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 18th century (engraving)
3523666 The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 18th century (engraving); (add.info.: death of Man Friday)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robinson Crusoe (colour litho)

Robinson Crusoe (colour litho)
8631991 Robinson Crusoe (colour litho) by Appleton, Honor Charlotte (1879-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robinson Crusoe (colour litho)

Robinson Crusoe (colour litho)
8634730 Robinson Crusoe (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robinson Crusoe (colour litho)

Robinson Crusoe (colour litho)
8634728 Robinson Crusoe (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robinson Crusoe (colour litho)

Robinson Crusoe (colour litho)
8634727 Robinson Crusoe (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robinson Crusoe (colour litho)

Robinson Crusoe (colour litho)
8634726 Robinson Crusoe (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, c.1900 (oleograph)

The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, c.1900 (oleograph)
UTD4951011 The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, c.1900 (oleograph); (add.info.: "The Life)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: A: Robinson Crusoe - search for the bird (fictional character of Daniel Defoe's novel (ca)

A: Robinson Crusoe - search for the bird (fictional character of Daniel Defoe's novel (ca)
DUV4711096 A: Robinson Crusoe - search for the bird (fictional character of Daniel Defoe's novel (ca. 1660-1731), published in 1719)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)

Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3520048 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)

Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3520031 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)

Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3520024 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)

Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3520013 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

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Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3520003 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)

Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3519999 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)

Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3519989 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Title page Illustration, from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)

Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3519983 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

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Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3519981 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)

Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3519977 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)

Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3519973 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)

Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3519966 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Shipwrecked, Robinson Crusoe, dressed in goatskins

Shipwrecked, Robinson Crusoe, dressed in goatskins
2604869 Shipwrecked, Robinson Crusoe, dressed in goatskins.; (add.info.: Shipwrecked, Robinson Crusoe, dressed in goatskins, explores his island)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Daniel Defoe in the pillory at Temple Bar

Daniel Defoe in the pillory at Temple Bar
3119109 Daniel Defoe in the pillory at Temple Bar; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy, in the pillory at Temple Bar

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
526428 The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. First published in 1719, it is claimed to be the first English novel

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: DEFOE, Daniel (1660-1731). English writer and journalist. Robinson Crusoe (1719)

DEFOE, Daniel (1660-1731). English writer and journalist. Robinson Crusoe (1719)
AIS5392821 DEFOE, Daniel (1660-1731). English writer and journalist. Robinson Crusoe (1719). Illustration in spanish adaptation Aventuras de Robinson. Editorial Ramon Sopena, Barcelona, 1931

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Daniel de Foe, author of Robinson Crusoe. Engraving from James Caulfield's Portraits

Daniel de Foe, author of Robinson Crusoe. Engraving from James Caulfield's Portraits
FLO4601981 Daniel de Foe, author of Robinson Crusoe. Engraving from James Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, London, 1819.; (add.info.: Daniel de Foe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Cover for the novel 'Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), circa 1890

Cover for the novel "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), circa 1890
FGL5475991 Cover for the novel "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), circa 1890.; Fototeca Gilardi.

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robinson Crusoe, exhausted arrived on an island after the shipwreck, 1860 (engraving)

Robinson Crusoe, exhausted arrived on an island after the shipwreck, 1860 (engraving)
FGL5462555 Robinson Crusoe, exhausted arrived on an island after the shipwreck, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Watercolour engraving after an 1860 edition of "Robinson Crusoe" by Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robinson Crusoe and Friday prepare lunch by Defoe, 1860 (engraving)

Robinson Crusoe and Friday prepare lunch by Defoe, 1860 (engraving)
FGL5462544 Robinson Crusoe and Friday prepare lunch by Defoe, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Watercolour engraving after an edition of "Robinson Crusoe" from 1860.); Fototeca Gilardi.

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: The Footprint on the Sand, from Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print)

The Footprint on the Sand, from Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print)
5614332 The Footprint on the Sand, from Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print); (add.info.: The Footprint on the Sand, from Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe)

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Daniel Defoe
3119157 Daniel Defoe; (add.info.: Engraved portrait of Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)

Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3520051 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)

Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3520023 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

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Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3520019 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)

Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3520008 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)

Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3520005 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)

Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3519995 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)

Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3519993 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)

Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print)
3519975 Robin Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe)

Background imageDaniel Defoe Collection: Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print)

Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print)
864132 Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print); (add.info.: "The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe)



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Daniel Defoe, the renowned English writer, is best known for his timeless masterpiece "Robinson Crusoe. " This captivating novel tells the story of a shipwrecked sailor named Robinson Crusoe and his loyal companion Man Friday. The vivid oil on canvas painting depicts this iconic duo, showcasing their resilience and survival skills in an unforgiving environment. In another chromolithograph artwork, we witness Robinson Crusoe's transformation after the shipwreck. With determination etched on his face, he begins building his humble hut to create a sanctuary amidst the wilderness. This image beautifully captures Defoe's ability to bring characters to life through descriptive storytelling. A fascinating engraving showcases a statue of Robinson Crusoe in Largo, Fifeshire - birthplace of Alexander Selkirk, who inspired Defoe's tale. It serves as a reminder of how literature can immortalize real-life events and individuals. The title pages from "The Life" and "The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" highlight Defoes' literary prowess. These books became instant classics due to their gripping narratives that kept readers hooked until the very end. Interestingly, publishers initially rejected Defoes' manuscript for Robinson Crusoe before it became one of history's most beloved novels. This rejection only adds to its allure as it proves that great works often face initial setbacks before finding success. Color lithographs provide visual interpretations of scenes from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. They transport us into the world created by this talented author while adding depth and vibrancy to our imagination. However, not all aspects of Daniel Defoes' life were filled with triumphs; an engraving portrays him enduring public humiliation in the pilory during 1862. Despite such hardships faced personally or professionally throughout his career, he persevered and left behind an extraordinary literary legacy. Defoes' work continues to captivate readers even today; a chromolithograph edition published in 1891 showcases "The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.