File:The Virginian's manner of dancing at their religious festivals - Travels through Virginia (1618), f.4 - BL Sloane MS 1622.jpg

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John White  (1540–1593)  wikidata:Q3182736
 
John White
Alternative names
John, I White; John I White
Description British painter, scientific illustrator, cartographer, world traveler and artist
Date of birth/death 1540 Edit this at Wikidata 1593 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London County Cork
Work period 1577 Edit this at Wikidata–1590 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q3182736
Theodor de Bry  (1528–1598)  wikidata:Q708961
 
Theodor de Bry
Alternative names
Dietrich de Bry, Theodoor de Bry, Dirk de Bry
Description Southern Netherlandish engraver, drawer, editor and publisher
Date of birth/death 1528 / 1528 Edit this at Wikidata 27 March 1598 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Liège Frankfurt
Work location
Liège, Straßburg, London, Frankfurt
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artist QS:P170,Q708961
Author
William Strachey
Description
'The Virginian's manner of dancing at their religious festivals'. Engraving of a group Native Indians dancing round a circle of wooden posts, on the top of which are carved hooded human faces. Most of the group are wearing fringed apron-skins; their bodies decorated with body paint, and feathers in their hair. They hold twigs and gourd rattles. Three women in the centre are clasped closely together, facing inwards.
Date 1618
date QS:P571,+1618-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q23308
Accession number
Sloane 1622, f.4
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Image taken from Travels through Virginia. [From Theodor de Bry's 'America', Vol. I, 1590, after a drawing of John White].

Originally published/produced in England, 1618.

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Catalogue entry: Sloane MS 1622

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