The towne of Pomeiock and true forme of their houses, covered and enclosed some w[i]th matts, and some w[i]th barcks of trees All compassed about w[i]th smale poles stock thick together in stedd of a wall. – Antique Wall Art
![The towne of Pomeiock and true forme of their houses, covered and enclosed some w[i]th matts, and some w[i]th barcks of trees All compassed about w[i]th smale poles stock thick together in stedd of a wall., [194-] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c5/c524f34d0243-L.webp)
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The towne of Pomeiock and true forme of their houses, covered and enclosed some w[i]th matts, and some w[i]th barcks of trees All compassed about w[i]th smale poles stock thick together in stedd of a wall. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The towne of Pomeiock and true forme of their houses, covered and enclosed some w[i]th matts, and some w[i]th barcks of trees All compassed about w[i]th smale poles stock thick together in stedd of a wall.
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The picture shows Pomeiock, an Algonquian village in the coastal region the English called Virginia, and its title notes that some houses are roofed and walled with woven mats while others are covered with slabs of bark, all within a palisade of closely set poles. John White, the English colonist and artist, made the original watercolor in the mid-1580s, when he was documenting the Roanoke venture and the people who lived along its waterways. Theodore de Bry later engraved White's drawings for publication in 1590, and this 1940s print reproduces a color version of the original. The image is valued as one of the few detailed visual records of Native building practices on the Atlantic coast before sustained European settlement.
| Created / published | [194-] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Watercolors 1580-1590 Reproductions 1940-1950.Photographic prints 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Reproduction of a drawing by John White. Color reproduction published in: The New World; the first pictures of America, made by John White and Jacques Le Moyne and engraved by Theodore de Bry, with contemporary narratives of the French settlements in Florida, 1562-1565, and the English colonies in Virginia, 1585-1590 / Stefan Lorant, ed. New York : Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1965], p. 190. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Structures--Virginia--1580-1590. Dwellings--Virginia--1580-1590. Villages--Virginia--1580-1590. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,410 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109148 |
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