Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th centuryafter John White, active 1585–1593, British
Title:
Head of a Brown Pelican, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 57]
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 9 15/16 inches (21.3 × 25.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink over graphite, upper center: "Alcatrassa. This fowle is of greatnes of a Swane. | and of the same forme Saving the heade, w'ch is in length 16 ynches."; lower right: "Tanboril"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection