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Pocahontas Image - Late 19th Century

An artist's conception of Pocahontas, showing a romanticized, Europeanized image

From Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com

By the late 19th century, images of Pocahontas such as this which romanticized the "Indian princess" were more common.
A romanticized, European-ized version of Pocahontas, from the late 19th century.

A romanticized, European-ized version of Pocahontas, from the late 19th century.

Public domain image, from World Noted Women, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1883.

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