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When I was looking up any possible paintings of the real Pocahontas, I came across this one. Although it's painted Renaissance style, I believe it was made in 1852. I'm guessing the artist was following the Renaissance look many 17th century artists did (making Pocahontas look like a plump aristocrat), while at the same time portraying her in a romantic light. I have the feeling the real woman didn't look like that, but then again, the artist probably didn't know either. He or she just guessed.

In light of the painting, I was inspired to do an imitation of it using Doll-Divine's Tudors Scene-Maker. You can't see what the skirt looked like, nor could I give her a red wrap or a tulip, but I did my best in the game :). I did 3 versions of this photo comparison, using the Game of Thrones scene-maker as well as the Heroine Fan-Art maker from Azalea's Dolls in addition to the game mentioned above. This one turned out the best of the 3.
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*dolldivine Feb 11, 2013  Professional General Artist
Wow, awesome job! And a neat painting too~
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Mood: Happy ~LadyAquanine73551 Feb 12, 2013
Thank u very much dolldivine :dance:
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~chickaablet Feb 10, 2013
So that's what she looked like
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~LadyAquanine73551 Feb 10, 2013
Nah, it was just a wild guess. Pocahontas lived in the early 1600s, this painting was made 200 years later.
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~chickaablet Feb 11, 2013
Still good. I recently got a book with famous people and how they died in it. She was only 21.
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~LadyAquanine73551 Feb 11, 2013
Yeah, isn't that sad? She unfortunately died the way many Native Americans did :(. Smallpox.
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~chickaablet Feb 11, 2013
The English may has acted "Civilly" but at least the Indians bathed everyday.
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Mood: Artistic ~LadyAquanine73551 Feb 11, 2013
It wasn't that. You see, many Europeans naturally developed an immunity to smallpox, either by catching & surviving it, or their bodies naturally were able to keep it at bay without ever showing symptoms. Now, we humans (and this applies to the past as well) walk around all the time with viruses and bacteria inside us, it's just that they're usually kept in low numbers by our immune systems. However, it's not unusual for someone who's developed an immunity to one disease, and still have the viruses on their skin, in their hair, or even on their breath; to pass it onto someone who hasn't gotten the disease in their lives and THEY get sick instead. It happens all the time during cold & flu season.
Now, back in the 17th century, it probably happened that settlers carried smallpox in their bodies and passed it onto the natives without even knowing it. It could be simply talking to a native and breathing in their face, trading goods w/ smallpox viruses imbedded from handling it, shaking hands, etc. Europeans tended to wash their hands & faces more often than the rest of their bodies, but the viruses were still there.
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~chickaablet Feb 12, 2013
London was in really filthy conditions back then which could have also been a contributing factor to her diminishing health. You she had four different names in her life?
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Mood: Artistic ~LadyAquanine73551 Feb 12, 2013
No I didn't know. I thought she had, like, 3. Her real name [can't precisely remember it atm, but I know it started with an M], Pocahontas, & Rebecca.
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