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I Saw Him Pass his Sword through the Mate's Body
Howard Pyle1895/1895
Delaware Art Museum
Wilmington, DE, United States
In this scene from Stevenson's adventure novel, the young protagonist David Balfour (kneeling) and Alan Breck, a swashbuckling Scottish hero (background), overcome abusive shipmates on the high seas.
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- Title: I Saw Him Pass his Sword through the Mate's Body
- Creator Lifespan: 1853/1911
- Creator Nationality: American
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Florence, Italy
- Creator Birth Place: Wilmington, DE
- Date: 1895/1895
- Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings: H Pyle (LRC)
- Physical Dimensions: w11.5 x h16 in (Complete)
- Illustrator: Howard Pyle
- Illustration Citation: Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson, in The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895)
- Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 1915
- Provenance: Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.
- Type: Drawings
- Rights: Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.
- External Link: http://emuseum.delart.org:8080/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:10645
- Medium: Black-and-white oil on illustration board
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