Unus Americanus ex Virginia (An American from Virginia)
A half-length portrait of a Native American man with the upper part of his face tattooed. He wears no clothes but is adorned with a circlet of teeth around his brow and a necklace and earrings made of beads and shells.
Artwork Details
- Title: Unus Americanus ex Virginia (An American from Virginia)
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Date: 1645
- Medium: Etching; second state of two
- Dimensions: Plate: 4 1/16 × 3 1/16 in. (10.3 × 7.8 cm)
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 3 3/16 in. (10.5 × 8.1 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1956
- Object Number: 56.507.9
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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