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The Art of John White, A Record of the NC Algonquins

  • Location ECU Joyner Library
  • Address 1000 E. 5th Street, Greenville, NC 27858
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  • Presented By ECU Joyner Library
  • Dates 10/26/2026, 11/2/2026, 11/9/2026, 11/16/2026, 11/23/2026, 11/30/2026, 12/7/2026
  • Time 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Reminder that ECU emeritus professors Charles Ewen and Tom Shields will present a talk about John White, the English colonial governor, explorer, artist, and cartographer, today at 4 pm in the Janice Hardison Faulkner Gallery.The Art of John White, A Record of the NC Algonquins will be on view until December 12thThe exhibit features Page-Holgate reproductions of John White’s 1585 watercolors depicting Algonquian life, portraits, natural resources, and maps of NC, Virginia & eastern coastal regions. Created during the early English colonization expedition, White’s images shaped European perceptions of America for the next 200 years.The exhibit is on loan from our friends at UNC University Libraries. In addition to the exhibit, you can also view the book and selected images from Thomas Hariot’s "A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia".

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