The wedding of Pocahontas with John Rolfe / Geo Spohni. – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The wedding of Pocahontas with John Rolfe / Geo Spohni. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The wedding of Pocahontas with John Rolfe / Geo Spohni.
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Pocahontas, daughter of the Powhatan leader, is shown at her 1614 marriage to the English planter John Rolfe. The union is widely linked to a few years of relative peace between the Virginia colonists and the Powhatan people, and the couple's son, Thomas Rolfe, is the reason many of Rolfe's English descendants later traced their lineage to her. Published in Philadelphia around 1867 by Joseph Hoover, the print reflects how 19th-century audiences romanticized the story, since no contemporary likeness of Pocahontas is known to exist. The artist's signature on the stone is difficult to read, but the piece is typical of the sentimental treatments of the subject that circulated during the period.
| Created / published | Philadelphia : Published by Joseph Hoover, 719 Samson St., c1867. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Title from item. Signed on stone Hohenstern" (?) lower left. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867 by Joseph Hoover in the clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." |
| Subjects | Pocahontas,--d. 1617. Rolfe, John,--1585-1622. Weddings--1860-1870. Powhatan Indians--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,082 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110529 |
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