print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1948,0315.7.111
- Description
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Fragment of a book-illustration consisting of the bottom right compartment, being a scene with Captain John Smith lying at the mercy of Powhatan; Smith lies in central foreground, his head on a block, three men stand over him with a club, an axe, and a bow and arrow; crowds of men watch on either side of large room with fire at far end; Pocahontas begs for his life to the king, both of these figures are shown to a larger scale; illustration to Captain John Smith's "The Generall Historie of Virginia" (London: 1624)
Engraving
- Production date
- 1624
- Dimensions
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Height: 110 millimetres
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Width: 101 millimetres (cut)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For an impression from the complete plate see 1948,0315.7.11 and also Y,2.104
The print is based on Theodor de Bry's illustrations to Thomas Hariot, "A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia", 1590, themselves after drawings by John White in the British Museum (see 1906,0509.1.16, etc). See K. Sloan, "A New World: England's first view of America", British Museum, 2007.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England and the Summer Isles
- Acquisition date
- 1948
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1948,0315.7.111
