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Tomb of the kings of Virginia
By Bernard Picart after Theodore de Bry
Engraved book page, 1721
From Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les
peuples du monde représentées par des figures, avec des
explications (Amsterdam, 1723–43; later editions 1810, 1819)
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The print is after de Bry's plate 22, in America, Part 1 (1590). Picart's copy follows the original except
that it is reversed, the idol is somewhat enlarged, and light and shadow are more delineated.
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