Codice albumGBB-F-002254

Codice inventarioGBB-F-002254-0000

1616, GREAT BRITAIN : Pocahontas ( 1595 ca - 1617 ) as Mrs. John Rolfe, copy by painter by William Sheppard, from original portrait painting done in London, England, 1616. Pocahontas (born Matoaka, and later known as Rebecca Rolfe, c. 1595 March 1617) was a Virginia Indian. In an historical anecdote, she is said to have saved the life of an Indian captive, Englishman John Smith, in 1607 by placing her head upon his own when her father raised his war club to execute him

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