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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: February 16, 2015
Caption: Pocahontas
Additional Description: This portrait of Pocahontas (Matoaks) after a 1616 engraving by Simon van de Passe hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC.

“Pocahontas, the Indian princess who allegedly saved the life of English colonist John Smith, survives and flourishes as an example of an early American heroine. While Smith may have embellished the story of his rescue, the importance of Pocahontas to relations between colonists and Native Americans is undisputed. Following her conversion to Christianity and marriage to Englishman John Rolfe, Pocahontas journeyed to England with her family to demonstrate the ability of new settlers and native tribes to coexist in the Virginia colony. While in England, Pocahontas sat for her portrait, which was later engraved. That print served as the basis for this later portrait …” — National Portrait Gallery
Submitted: October 26, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p335503
File Size: 1.504 Megabytes

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