Portrait of pocahontas, wearing a tall hat, and seen at half-length. Around the oval lettering reads: "matoaka aľs rebecca filia potentiss: princ: powhatani imp: virginiæ". Below oval "ætatis suæ 21. Ao / 1616. " below: "matoaks aľs (alias) rebecka daughter to the mighty prince / powhâtan emperour of attanoughkomouck aľs (alias) virginia / converted and baptized in the christian faith, and / wife to the wor[shipfu]ll mr. Joh. Ralff. " engraving by the dutch and british printmaker and sculptor simon van de passe. Courtesy of the british museum, london. Date: dated 1616; print published as early as 1624.[1]. Medium: copper engraving print.
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