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John White (c. 1539 – c. 1593) was an English colonial governor, explorer, artist, and cartographer. White was among those who sailed with Richard Grenville in the first attempt to colonize Roanoke Island in 1585, acting as artist and mapmaker to the expedition.
John White wasn't the most exacting painter that 16th-century England had to offer, or so his watercolors of the New World suggest. By John White, Watercolor, c. 1585. © The Trustees of...
30 de abr. de 2012 · In recent histories of colonial British America, it is John White the artist, rather than John White the colonial governor, who takes center stage. This is because White was a watercolor painter of extraordinary talent whose works number among the most remarkable depictions of early modern indigenous Americans ever created.
- Benjamin Breen
15 de abr. de 2024 · John White (died c. 1593, Kylemore, County Galway, Ireland) was a British artist, explorer, cartographer, and governor of the English settlement on Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina, U.S.). In May 1577 White sailed on the ship Aid as part of an expedition to America commanded by Martin Frobisher .
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Also known as. John White. primary name:White, John. Details. individual; painter/draughtsman; British; American (USA); Male. Other dates. 1585-1593 (fl.) Biography. Watercolourist, the first British artist in America and first European to paint Native Americans (North Carolina Algonquians, about 1585-6); governor of the colony at Roanoke (1587 ...
2 de abr. de 2014 · Famous British People. John White was an English artist, explorer, cartographer and governor of the settlement on Roanoke Island. Updated: May 13, 2020. (1540-1593) Synopsis. In April 1585...
The staff of Virtual Jamestown is pleased to bring online the watercolor drawings of John White and the corresponding engravings of Theodor De Bry. Under a licensing agreement with the British Museum for the White drawings, we are able to make available these images for the first time on the World Wide Web.
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