| Existing comment:
The most accurate likeness of Pocahontas is probably this modern reworking by Mary Ellen Howe of the so-called "Booton Hall" portrait of Pocahontas (at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington) that, in turn, derived from the Van de Passe engraving. Howe aimed at producing a color image as truthful as the Van de Passe black-and-white engraving. The facial features are correct, as probably are the colors of the skin and clothing. Pocahontas's hair is black and she wears none of the lipstick and rouge invested by the "Booton Hall" artist. |