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Histoire de Robinson
Rigo Freres1850
Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia
This box contained 24 free-standing diorama cards illustrating the famous story of Robinson Crusoe for French speakers. The illustration on the box lid depicts the desert island, with Robinson Crusoe attired in his goat-skin outfit. He is holding a rifle with his dog by his side with Friday, his freed companion, in a posture of supplication at his feet. In the background on the shoreline are the savage cannibals and their boats.
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Details
- Title: Histoire de Robinson
- Creator: Rigo Freres
- Date: 1850
- Location: París
- Type: Diorama box and cards
- Significance: This French diorama is a novel form of entertainment based on a well-known adventure story of shipwreck, isolation and rescue. It demonstrates its enduring cultural appeal and the extent to which the story impacted readers across the world from when it was first published in 1719, right up to the 19th century.
- See institution's online collections: http://www.anmm.gov.au/collections
- Medium: Paper, cardboard, colour lithograph
- Dimensions: 243 x 290 x 26 mm, 0.3 kg
- Credit line: ANMM Collection
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