Images of a Legend
MARRIAGE OF POCAHONTAS & ROLFE
c. 1868, S. L. Hill (manufacturer)
Many children in the 19th
century, like those of today, learned some version of the Pocahontas legend in
their history lessons. They also saw her depicted in storybooks such as The
Royal Illuminated Book of Legends
(Edinburgh, 1872) and on toys like this jigsaw puzzle made of 20 wooden blocks
with colored paper surfaces. An inscription on the box of the puzzle dates it
to 1868, but the image of Pocahontas's marriage derives from a popular
engraving published in New York, London, and Edinburgh in 1855.