Engraving

The act of commenting on written works is not limited to written commentary. In his engraving series Illustrations of the Book of Job, William Blake visually implements his varied interpretations of the Book of Job. He links the story to the greater Christian Biblical canon by adding verses from St. Paul’s Epistles to the Corinthians. In doing so, he condemns the Job’s comforters as blatantly evil rather than mislead. Additionally, he depicts Elihu as an ignored and inessential in order to…

1616, Simon van de Passe did the first portrait of Pocahontas in England. The engraving is the only visual depiction of Pocahontas during her lifetime, other portraits of her were created after she had passed away (Robertson 554). Pocahontas ended up in England when she was captured by the English and converted to Christianity. Soon after she meet her husband John Rolfe where they traveled back to England. The engraving was created as a promotional campaign for English colonization (Robertson…

of the Sons of Liberty, Paul Revere delivered countless messages that kept the revolution alive. He created propaganda for the war, such as his much praised Boston Massacre engraving. What was Paul Revere’s most influential feat? Many argue that it was the Midnight Ride that takes the prize, however it was the Massacre engraving that held a deep…

by the natives of this New World. The Europeans were hesitant to make the journey and settle in the New World, which is why explorers set out to settle in the land and send back information to the Europeans. Through the writings, paintings, and engravings of Thomas Hariot, John White, and Theodore de Bry, Europeans learned of the lives of the native people from Hariot’s publication of A Briefe and Newfoundland of Virginia, which prompted them to settle in the New World and satiate their…

which involve some moral ambiguity surrounding the actions of the heroines. They offer commentary on the dubious nature of the murders in differing manners through their representations of the women, violence, bloodshed, and their settings. The engraving of Judith presents a complex and contradictory version of Judith and her murder while the woodcut of Jael simplifies the event and the murder of Sisera. The plots of both stories are almost identical. Jael is a Kenite woman, and Judith is an…

This engraving from Theodore de Bry dates back to 1594, or more than a century after the discovery of Christopher Colombus. It describes the violence of the Western population’s arrival in the Americas, protected by armor and weaponry, in front of the representation of barely dressed Indians - if not naked - totally disarmed. Two distincts time of the New World discovery are depicted in this image. On the background we can observe three sheeps from Columbus’ fleet. Part of the crew deploys the…

The plaintiffs, mother and little baby girl, claim for false detainment by the defendants in their jewellery shop in downtown Victoria on July 4, 1992. The defendants deny the asserted detainment, guaranteeing that they told the plaintiff Joanne Jeeves she was allowed to leave the business premises. The defendants counterclaim against the plaintiff Joanne Jeeves for defamation emerging out of a record of the occurrence given by her to the daily paper correspondents and which showed up in a…

Crispus Attucks, Samuel Maverick and Patrick Carr. What Is The Bloody Massacre Engraving? The Bloody Massacre is an engraving by Paul Revere. Paul Revere drew this because he wanted to show the soldiers treating the colonist badly. This engraving was important because the engraving had so many mistakes. Paul Revere did this so it could pressed the cause of Independents. An example of a mistake on his engraving is their was a dog. Some historians think it might be a symbol that the soldiers…

“They please me exceedingly.” Twain did throw out the engraving that was supposed to go with Chapter 20 when the King kissed a girl at a camp meeting. “It is powerful good, but it musn’t go in,” he explained to Webster. “Let’s not make any pictures of the camp meeting. The subject wouldn’t bear illustrating. It is a disgusting thing and the pictures are sure to tell the truth about it too plainly.” Finally, Twain was happy with the engravings and the book went on to the next step of publication…

Caribbean Encounters: Spanish vs. Native Americans When coming to the new world, the Spaniards and the Native Americans had unpleasant and also acceptable encounters. Ramón Pané and Bartolomé de las Casas were Spanish friars who traveled to the new world and had different depictions of and encounters with the Native Americans. A Dutch engraver, Theodor de Bry never traveled to the new world but had his own depictions of the Native Americans based on Spanish accounts. Ramón Pané focused on the…