'Native American women weep and mourn before their chief who wears a feathered headdress and pectoral or breastplate. Includes tattoos, guns or muskets, bows, and war club.The text describes the widows of men killed in warfare who petition the chief for their livelihood and to avenge their husbands. This work was published by Theodor de Bry from manuscript notes and drawings made by Jacques le Moyne de Morgues, an illustrator and explorer, who sailed with René de Laudonničre on the 1564 Huguenot expedition to Florida. Laudonničre set up Fort Caroline on the St. John's River in 1564, but the settlement was destroyed by the Spanish army under Pedro Menendez de Aviles. Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 2. German.'
Detalle de la imagen
Título | Was die Weiber deren Männer |
Autor | Theodor de Bry |
Fecha | 1591 |
Fuente | America. Pt 2. |
Créditos | JCB Archive of Early American Images, Brown University |
Zona | - |
Tema | Imágenes de referencia |
Medio | Grabado |
Categoría | - |
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