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THEODOR DE BRY, WILLIAM STRACHEY and JOHN WHITE. 'A Cheiff lorde of Roanoke'. Engraving of an elderly man wearing a double apron-skirt of fringed deerskin, edged with a double row of beads. Around his neck is a short single-string necklace of beads, with a square metal gorget hanging on the chest. The figure is duplicated, to show the rear view, and is set against a landscape of figures fishing from canoes, a weir and trap, and low tree-lined hills . Travels through Virginia. [From Theodor De Bry's 'America', Vol. 1, 1590, after a drawing of John White]. England; 1618. Source: Sloane 1622, f.76. Language: English.
![THEODOR DE BRY, WILLIAM STRACHEY and JOHN WHITE. 'A Cheiff lorde of Roanoke'. Engraving of an elderly man wearing a double apron-skirt of fringed deerskin, edged with a double row of beads. Around his neck is a short single-string necklace of beads, with a square metal gorget hanging on the chest. The figure is duplicated, to show the rear view, and is set against a landscape of figures fishing from canoes, a weir and trap, and low tree-lined hills . Travels through Virginia. [From Theodor De Bry's 'America', Vol. 1, 1590, after a drawing of John White]. England; 1618. Source: Sloane 1622, f.76. Language: English.](/photos/prev/M2MyMWQ1MA/album_alb4068870.webp)
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'A Cheiff lorde of Roanoke'. Engraving of an elderly man wearing a double apron-skirt of fringed deerskin, edged with a double row of beads. Around his neck is a short single-string necklace of beads, with a square metal gorget hanging on the chest. The figure is duplicated, to show the rear view, and is set against a landscape of figures fishing from canoes, a weir and trap, and low tree-lined hills . Travels through Virginia. [From Theodor De Bry's 'America', Vol. 1, 1590, after a drawing of John White]. England; 1618. Source: Sloane 1622, f.76. Language: English.
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Album / British Library
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Image size:
5285 x 4521 px | 68.4 MB
Print size:
44.7 x 38.3 cm | 17.6 x 15.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
17TH CENTURY • 17TH • ACCESSORY • ADULT • ADULTS • AGE • AMERICAN INDIAN • AMERICAN INDIANS • AMERICAN-INDIAN • APRON • APRON-SKIRT • BEADS • DE BRY, THEODOR • EEUU • ELDERLY • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • ETHNICITY • FISHERY • FISHING • HUMANS • ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUES • IMAGE TECHNIQUES • INDIANS (AMERICAN) • INORGANIC MATERIAL • INORGANIC MATERIALS • JEWELLERY • JEWELRY • MALE • MALES • MAN MEN • MAN • MASCULINE • MATERIAL • MATURITY • MEN • METAL • METALS • NATIONALITY • NATIVE AMERICAN • NATIVE AMERICANS • NECKLACE • NORTH AMERICA • NORTH AMERICAN • OLD MAN • PEOPLE • PERSONAL ADORNMENT • PRINT • QUARREL • ROW • ROWS • SENIOR ADULT • STRACHEY, WILLIAM • UNITED STATES • US STATES • VIRGINIA • VISUAL WORKS • WHITE, JOHN • XVII CENTURY
