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Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
An Audience Fit Tho' Few: A Reading of the Story of Robinson Crusoe
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

An Audience Fit Tho' Few: A Reading of the Story of Robinson Crusoe

Artist James Riddel (Scottish, 1857 - 1928)
Date1890
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 16 x 36 in. (40.6 x 91.4 cm)
ClassificationsEuropean art
Credit LineGift of the Norfolk Foundation
Object number2000.7.2
Terms
  • Children
  • Reading
  • Genre
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DescriptionThis oil on canvas painting is an idyllic genre scene of children entranced by Daniel Defoe's famous adventure story, Robinson Crusoe.

Label TextJames Riddel Scottish (1857-1928) An Audience Fit Tho' Few: A Reading of the Story of Robinson Crusoe, 1890 Oil on canvas Gift of the Norfolk Foundation 2000.7.2 Edited By: DS Edited Date: 08/2005 Approved By: MHM Approval Date: 10/11/2005
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