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Title
Pocahontas Mural
Date
1994
Medium
paint
Accession number
DA11_TR_S100
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Gravesend Town Centre Initiative with support of kent County Council, Gravesham Borough Council, IMPACT, and Redman Heenan Properties Ltd
Work type
Mural
Owner
Gravesham Borough Council
Custodian
Gravesham Borough Council
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
brass plaque: Pocahontas, favourite daughter of / Chief Powhatan, saved the life of / Captain John Smith on 28th or / 29th December 1607, at / Werawocomo, Virginia. / Pocahontas married John Rolfe / on 5th April 1613. They went / to England with their son / Thomas in 1616. / Pocahontas (now Rebecca Rolfe) / was received at the Royal Court / of King James I and Queen Anne. / Pocahontas died at Gravesend on / 21st March 1617. / She is buried in the vicinity of / St George's Church. / This mural, designed and painted by Graham Chalcroft in 1994, / was commissioned by Gravesend Town Centre Initiative, / with contributions from Kent County Council, Redman Heenan / Properties Ltd and IMPACT, Gravesham Borough Council
