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Robinson Crusoe's Cave (Island of Juan Fernandez)
Helsby & Co.1860
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A man sits at the mouth of a cave that was supposedly used as shelter by Alexander Selkirk, the sailor who became the inspiration for the novel, "Robinson Crusoe," by Daniel Defoe.
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Details
- Title: Robinson Crusoe's Cave (Island of Juan Fernandez)
- Creator: Helsby & Co.
- Date Created: 1860
- Location Created: Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile; Isla Más a Tierra, Chile
- Physical Dimensions: 16 × 21.1 cm (6 5/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XO.1223.35
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Helsby & Co.
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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