Lithograph Art Plate Jamestown Pocahontas And Capt John Smith

A super nice & rare collectible item to find celebrating our early history in the United States. This is a lithographed tin plate made by W.H.Owens & Co.Manchester Va.Vienna Art Plates pat Feb 21st 1905.I hope you can see the super fantastic colors in the plate as well as the exceptional detail. The central subject of the plate is Pocahontas offering up herself to save Captain Smiths Life .A great collectible for the enthusiast of or early settlement history & American Indian Art.

This plate is 10” in diameter & is in very condition,

Captain John Smith (1580–June 21, 1631) was an English soldier, sailor, and author. He is remembered for his role in establishing the first permanent English settlement in North America at Jamestown, Virginia, and his brief association with the Native American girl Pocahontas during an altercation with the Powhatan Confederacy and her father, Chief Powhatan. He was a leader of the Virginia Colony (based at Jamestown) between 1607 and 1609, and led an exploration along the rivers of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay.

His books may have been as important as his deeds, for they encouraged more Englishmen and women to follow the trail he had blazed and colonize the New World. He gave the name New England to that region, and encouraged people with the comment, "Here every man may be master and owner of his own labor and land...If he has nothing but his hands, he may...by industry quickly grow rich." It was a powerful message, which attracted millions of people in the next four centuries.