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Print, Illustration for Robinson Crusoe

This is a Print. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and written by Daniel Defoe and printed by The Curwen Press and The Glasgow University Press and published by Haslewood Books, Ltd.. It is dated 1929 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is offset lithograph, hand-colored additions in brush and gouache on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.

Its dimensions are

25 × 18.6 cm (9 13/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in purple ink, on verso, at bottom right corner: Stamped in purple ink, on verso, at bottom right: THIS DESIGN TO BE RETURNED / to E. McKNIGHT KAUFFER- / 141 SWAN COURT-LONDON, S.W.3.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, under image in bottom portion of the page: [various notations and text that have been erased]; in botton right corner: Robinson Crusoe

Cite this object as

Print, Illustration for Robinson Crusoe; Written by Daniel Defoe (British, 1660–1731); Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Printed by The Curwen Press (United Kingdom), The Glasgow University Press; Published by Haslewood Books, Ltd.; USA; offset lithograph, hand-colored additions in brush and gouache on paper; 25 × 18.6 cm (9 13/16 × 7 5/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-341

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