Unus Americanus ex Virginia, aetat. 23 [graphic] / W. Hollar ad viuum delin. et fecit.
1645
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Title
Unus Americanus ex Virginia, aetat. 23 [graphic] / W. Hollar ad viuum delin. et fecit.
Variant title
Pennington title: American Indian
New Hollstein title: Native American Indian
New Hollstein title: Native American Indian
Created/published
[Antwerp] : [s.n.], 1645.
Description
1 print : etching ; 4 x 3 in.
Material base
paper
Summary
Half length, half l. He is naked and has the upper part of his face tattooed with horiz. lines. A circlet of teeth is round his brow, and he wears a necklace and ear-rings made of beads and shells. -- From Pennington.
Note
Place of publication from Pennington.
Sitter identified by George R. Hamell as a Munsee-Delaware Algonquian-speaking warrior called Jaques who was transported to Amsterdam from New Amsterdam in 1644. See George R. Hamell's unpublished paper "Jaques: A Munsee from New Netherland, 1644" (1996) as cited by Simon Turner in New Hollstein.
Sitter identified by George R. Hamell as a Munsee-Delaware Algonquian-speaking warrior called Jaques who was transported to Amsterdam from New Amsterdam in 1644. See George R. Hamell's unpublished paper "Jaques: A Munsee from New Netherland, 1644" (1996) as cited by Simon Turner in New Hollstein.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992-1993. New World of Wonders (catalog entry 23)
Cited/described in
Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 2009
New Hollstein German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, 816
New Hollstein German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, 816
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box H737.5 no.29 (size L)
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box H737.5 no.29: "Words with pictures, or, Whats in a name?", The Collation (18 June 2020)
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box H737.5 no.29: "Words with pictures, or, Whats in a name?", The Collation (18 June 2020)
Genre/form
Portraits, Male.
Prints.
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
Belgium -- Antwerp.
Item Details
Call number
ART Box H737.5 no.29 (size L)
Folger-specific note
Adopted by Barbara Fahs Charles, Acquisitions Night 1987.
Folger accession
228257