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I Saw Him Pass his Sword through the Mate's Body

Howard Pyle1895/1895

Delaware Art Museum

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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