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This \u003cstrong\u003eglossy printed vintage fine art print\u003c\/strong\u003e — engraved by \u003cstrong\u003eTheodore de Bry\u003c\/strong\u003e after original watercolours by \u003cstrong\u003eJohn White\u003c\/strong\u003e, published in \u003cstrong\u003eThomas Hariot's A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia (1590)\u003c\/strong\u003e — depicts a \u003cstrong\u003etattooed ancient Pict warrior\u003c\/strong\u003e bearing a human head on a spear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaper:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200 GSM+\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFinish:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gloss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSizes:\u003c\/strong\u003e A5, A4, A3, A2, A1, A0, 20×30\", 24×36\", 30×40\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free — rolled in protective cardboard tube\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngraved by \u003cstrong\u003eTheodore de Bry\u003c\/strong\u003e (1528–1598) — the Flemish-born Frankfurt engraver and publisher whose extraordinary illustrated accounts of the New World were among the most influential publications of the \u003cstrong\u003eAge of Exploration\u003c\/strong\u003e — this remarkable print was originally included in the 1590 edition of \u003cstrong\u003eThomas Hariot's Virginia report\u003c\/strong\u003e as an appendix showing ancient \u003cstrong\u003ePictish warriors of Britain\u003c\/strong\u003e, to demonstrate to European readers that their own ancestors had once been as \"savage\" as the Native Americans described in the text. The elaborate body tattoos, warrior pose, and landscape setting are depicted with the same ethnographic precision that de Bry applied to his American subjects, based on watercolours by \u003cstrong\u003eJohn White\u003c\/strong\u003e, Governor of the Roanoke Colony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, \u003cstrong\u003eTheodore de Bry engravings\u003c\/strong\u003e are among the most important documents of \u003cstrong\u003e16th century European ethnographic and exploration history\u003c\/strong\u003e. This reproduction is ideal for historians, lovers of \u003cstrong\u003eRenaissance exploration art\u003c\/strong\u003e, students of \u003cstrong\u003eBritish pre-history and Pictish culture\u003c\/strong\u003e, or collectors of \u003cstrong\u003eearly modern European engraving\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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