Record #:

9386

Author(s):

Street, Julia M.

Abstract:

John White, the second Caucasian artist in America, was an explorer and competent mapmaker commissioned by Sir Walter Raleigh to publicize the new domain of Queen Elizabeth. In 1585 White painted many landscapes, fauna and floral studies, and scenes of the daily lives of the Native Americans.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 9, Feb 1975, p9-11, il

Subject(s):

White, John, fl. 1585-1593