Swiss Family Robinson (1927)

Teague continued book illustration work with Minton, Balch & Co in 1927, this time for Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss.  Originally published in 1812, the book chronicles the lives of a Swiss family shipwrecked in the East Indies for over a decade.  The family was not named Robinson; the book’s title pays homage to Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, which was published in 1719.  Teague illustrated the cover and title page for the 1927 version.  Both are presented below.

Swiss Family Robinson, cover