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Single leaf. Engraved image, approximately 15x18 cm (6x7"), title above and descriptive text below. Overall approximately 32x22 cm (12½x8¾").

"In May 1614 Ralph Hamor, the interpreter Thomas Savage, and two guides visit Powhatan's town on the Pamunkey River. In the foreground Powhatan feels Hamor's neck for "the chaine of pearle" Powhatan had given Thomas Dale to designate the English envoy. In the background at center, Hamor has an audience with Powhatan at his house, surrounded by Powhatan's guard. After presenting gifts, Hamor asks if Dale can have Powhatan's youngest daughter as "his neerest companion, wife and bedfellow." Powhatan refuses the request. Left of the house, an Englishman stands with Indian men, perhaps a representation of Hamor finding William Parker—a colonist lost for three years—among the Indians. In this image, the artist's invented details include the spear, the design and materials of the houses, and the tropical trees." (Virginia Historical Society website).