Pocahontas at the National Portrait Gallery
This program is part of a series called “Face to Face” about important individuals in American history who aided in the struggle for justice.
Jim Barber, National Portrait gallery historian and curator, examined one of the museum’s oil paintings titled, “Pocahontas.” The image is o… read more
Jim Barber, National Portrait gallery historian and curator, examined one of the museum’s oil paintings titled, “Pocahontas.” The image is of the Native American woman who married an Englishman named John Rolfe in the early 1600s.
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