If you come near the boat I will shoot you through the head

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If you come near the boat I will shoot you through the head

Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979)

Price

£1,250

Signed

Inscribed with title below mount

Medium

Ink

Dimensions

4 ½ x 6 x 0 inches

Illustrated

Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, London: Nonesuch Press, 1968, page 36

Exhibited

'The Human Touch: The Art of Edward Ardizzone', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, April-May 2025

'When he was gone I turned to the boy, whom they called Xury, and said to him, 'Xury, if you will be faithful to me I'll make you a great man; but if you will not stroke your face to be true to me,' that is, swear by Mahomet and his father's beard, 'I must throw you into the sea too?'' page 36

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