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Pocahontas saving the life of John Smith

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Image ID

808047


Item data

Title

Pocahontas saving the life of John Smith

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1601s-1610s

Names

Lossing & Barritt (Wood engraver)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1905

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-16

Subjects

Smith, John, 1580-1631
Pocahontas, d. 1617
United States -- 1600-1699
Powhatan, ca. 1550-1618
Algonquian Indians -- Virginia -- 1600-1609
Explorers -- English -- Virginia -- 1600-1609
Rescues
Courage

Genres

Conjectural Works

Notes

Source Note: Harper''s encyclopaedia of United States history from 458 A.D. to 1905. (New York : Harper, c1905) Lossing, Benson John (1813-1891), Author.

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 11 x 11 cm (4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17613286
Barcode: 33333159302120
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 82a8f3d0-c52f-012f-c388-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1905

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Pocahontas saving the life of John Smith" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1905. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/82a8f3d0-c52f-012f-c388-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1905). Pocahontas saving the life of John Smith Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/82a8f3d0-c52f-012f-c388-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Pocahontas saving the life of John Smith" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/82a8f3d0-c52f-012f-c388-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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