Image: Pocahontas by Simon van de Passe (1616)
Description: Engraved portrait of Matoaks or Rebecka, the Native American woman better known as Pocahontas, made in 1616 during her trip in England, where she died shortly after. It is the only known representation of her made during her lifetime. "It is believed that Simon van de Passe (1595-1647), the Dutch engraver, sketched her likeness in an actual sitting, then created the engraving for the Virginia Company to use in their publicity campaign. This is the closest we'll ever get to knowing what Pocahontas looked like. […] The clothes that Pocahontas is wearing in the portrait are meant to show how well integrated she was into English life in order to reassure investors that the natives could be made to adopt English ways." — Kevin Miller, in: Miller, Kevin (2018). Portraits. Pocahontas Lives!.
Title: Matoaks als Rebecka daughter to the mighty Prince Powhâtan Emperour of Attanoughkomouck als virginia converted and baptized in the Christian faith, and wife to the worff. Mr: Joh: Rolff
Credit: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Image description Image file This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: contrast enhanced. Modifications made by Wikipetzi. The original can be found here: National Portrait Gallery.
Author: Simon van de Passe
Permission: Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse The author died in 1647, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1927. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse
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