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Physical description: illustrations (some color), facsimiles ; 29 cm. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 207. Contents: Florida Natives in Art -- Early American Art. Summary: White, the governor of the ill-fated Roanoke, was the official artist on several of Raleigh's voyages. Subjects: White, John (1575-1648). 16th century. Art - history. Indians in art. America - Early accounts to 1600. Painting - illustrations. Genre: Bibliography. Drawings. Illustrated.
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America 1585: The Complete Drawings of John White
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University of North Carolina Press, 1984
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America, 1585: The Complete Drawings of John White
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Univ of North Carolina Press and British Museum Publications, 1984
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America, 1585: The Complete Drawings of John White
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Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1984
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ISBN 13 : 9780807816059
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America 1585; The Complete Drawings of John White
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The University of North Carolina Press and British Museum Publications, Chapel Hill, NC, 1984
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Hardcover. Etat : Very good. Etat de la jaquette : Very good. The format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.25 inches. Illustrated dust jacket. Footnotes. Illustrations (some in color). Maps. The Plates. Notes on the Plates. Bibliography. Index. The dust jacket has minor wear and soiling. This work is largely printed in a two column format. The publishers acknowledge the support of America's Four Hundredth Anniversary Committee of the North Carolina Department of Culture Resources. This is an oversized book that is sent outside of the United States will require additional shipping charges. A collection of White's drawings of life in the English colony is accompanied by a discussion of his life and artistry. Paul Hulton was born 3 March 1918 He worked at the Tate Gallery 1949-51. He joined British Museum 1951, becoming Deputy Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings. He retired in 1981 and died on 23 January 1990. Some of the illustrations depict structures and thus can be of architectural as well as artistic, botanical, and cultural interest. John White (c. 1539?c. 1593) was an English colonial governor, explorer, artist, and cartographer. In 1585, White accompanied the expedition led by Sir Ralph Lane to attempt to found the first English colony in North America. White was sent by Sir Walter Raleigh as Sir Richard Grenville's artist-illustrator on his first voyage to the New World; working closely with the scientist Thomas Harriot, he served as mapmaker and artist to the expedition, which encountered considerable difficulties and returned to England in 1586. He would most famously briefly serve as the governor of the second attempt to found Roanoke Colony on the same island in 1587 and discover the colonists had mysteriously vanished. During his time at Roanoke Island, he made several watercolor sketches of the surrounding landscape and the native Algonquian peoples. These works are significant as they are the most informative illustrations of a Native American society of the Eastern seaboard; all of the surviving original watercolors are now preserved in the print room of the British Museum. They represent the sole-surviving visual record of the native inhabitants of America encountered by England's first settlers. White's enthusiasm for watercolor was unusual ? most contemporary painters preferred to use oil-based paints. White's watercolors would soon become a sensation in Europe; it was not long before the watercolors were engraved by the Flemish master engraver Theodor de Bry. Through the medium of print, the illustrations became widely known and distributed; they were published in 1590 under the title America. In 1587, White became governor of Sir Walter Raleigh's failed attempt at a permanent settlement on Roanoke Island, known to history as the "Lost Colony". This was the earliest effort to establish a permanent English colony in the New World. White's granddaughter Virginia Dare was the first English child born in North America. In late 1587, White returned to England for supplies. The return expedition was delayed due to various reasons, including the Spanish Armada. Governor White finally returned to Roanoke Island in August 1590, but found the colony had been long deserted. After the failure of the colony, White retired to Raleigh's estates in Ireland, reflecting upon the "evils and unfortunate events" which had ruined his hopes in America, though never giving up hope that his daughter and granddaughter were still alive. White is chiefly remembered today for his watercolors, which represent a unique record of 16th-century Algonquian society. All of White's surviving works are now in the print room of the British Museum. In 2007, the British Museum placed the entire group of John White's watercolors on public display under the collection, "A New World: England's First View of America." Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing. N° de réf. du vendeur 91123
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ISBN 13 : 9780807816059
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