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Theodor de Bry - [A weroans, or chieftain, of Virginia]
Summary
Full-length, front and back portraits of a Native chief in Virginia, with bow and arrow; hunting scene in the background.
Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ... / Erstlich in engelländischer Sprach beschrieben durch Thomam Hariot, vnd newlich durch Christ. P. in Teutsch gebracht. Franckfort am Mayn : Gedruckt bey J. Wechel, in Verlegung D. Bry, 1590, [plate] 3.
Engraving by Theodor de Bry after watercolor by John White.
Title transcribed from Lorant, p. 231.
The New World [...] / Lorant, ed. New York : Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965, p. 231
Reference copy in LOT 4411-C.
Tags
Date
01/01/1590
Contributors
Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, engraver
White, John, active 1585-1593, artist
Location
Virginia, 3.85111, -75.64278
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
