Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century, Indian Charnel House, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 41 A], undated
- Title:
Indian Charnel House, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 41 A]
- Additional Title(s):
The Tombe of their Chirounes or cheife personages
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- 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), Image: 11 9/16 × 8 inches (29.4 × 20.3 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..."
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- 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:
- historical subject | religious and mythological subject
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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