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)
Illustration Citation: Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson, in The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895)