Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century

after John White, active 1585–1593, British
Title:
Village of Secoton, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 38 A]
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, with pen in black ink, over graphite, with gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 7 9/16 inches (31.8 × 19.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with black ink, over graphite, upper right: "Their rype corne"; inscribed in pen with black ink, over graphite, center right: "Their greene corne | Corne newly sprong."; inscribed in pen with black ink, over graphite, lower right: "A Ceremony in their prayers wth | strange jesturs and songs dansing | about posts carved on the topps | lyke mens faces." ; inscribed in black ink, over graphite, lower center: "Their Sitting at meate. | SECOTON"; inscribed in pen with black ink, over graphite: "The place of Solemne prayer | The Horose wherin the Tombe of their Herounds | Standeth."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B2001.2.1037
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
fields | dancing | natives | historical subject | genre subject | village | trees | houses | men | people | agriculture | fire | ceremony | ritual | women
Associated Places:
Dare | Roanoke Island | North Carolina | Secoton | North and Central America | United States
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46561