[Native American woman after chromolithograph]

[Native American woman after chromolithograph]

Photograph

[Native American woman after chromolithograph]

ca. 1890
Tintype with applied color
Image: 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 8.9 cm) (1/2 plate)
Case: 6 × 4 3/4 × 7/8 in. (15.2 × 12.1 × 2.2 cm)
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Inscriptions Written in ink on paper pinned to velvet pad inside case: TINTED FERROTYPE \ OF \ POCHAHONTAS \ MADE FROM AN EARLY PRINT
Typed on paper pinned to velvet pad inside case with half tone reproduction of painting: POCAHONTAS wed John \ Rolfe, bore son Thomas.
Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 577
Entry 577 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Old tintype of Pocahontas, tinted, taken from old lithograph. She married John Rolf in Colonial days. $1.75. Case gift of Mollie Britt.
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