Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th centuryafter John White, active 1585–1593, British
Title:
Indian Charnel House, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 41 A]
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, with pen, in black ink and brown ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 15/16 inches (32.1 × 22.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with black ink, upper center: "The Tombe of their Chirounes or cheife personages their flesh clene taken of from the bones Save | the Skynn and heare of theire heads, wrth flesh is dried and enfolded in matts laide at theire | feete. their bones also being made dry ar covered wth deare skynns not altering | their forme or proportion. With theire Kywash, which is an | Image of woode keeping the deade..."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B2001.2.1038
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
religious and mythological subject | historical subject