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Britain Natives. Theodore de Bry, [Grands Voyages, Part I - 5 Plates of Picts], from Grands Voyages, Part I, 1620 (published). Black & White. This uncommon group of engravings illustrate members of the ancient Pict tribe of Britain. The first plate is that of a Pictish warrior, with an elaborately painted or tattooed nude body, clutching the decapitated head of an enemy while another head rolls at his feet. The following two plates are of the Pictish women, one older, the second her daughter, both with intricate body ornamentation, as well as weaponry. The fourth plate shows a man of a neighboring tribe, wearing a tunic and lacking the body decorations, with the coastline in the background. The last plate depicts another female Pict, without ornamentation, holding a spear. All plates have German captions at bottom, and the title page to this section of Picts is included. The Pict plates were engraved by Theodore de Bry, whose initials "T.B." appear at the bottom of each plate, and were based on watercolors by Jacques le Moyne. De Bry included the Pict plates in his Grands Voyages to serve as a point of comparison to the Virginia Natives illustrated throughout Part I. I. Contrafeyt Eines Manns der Picten II. Contrafeit Einer Frawen ausz den Picten III. Contrafeyt Einer Jungfrawen ausz den Picten IV. Contrafeyt Eines Andern Manns / so den Picten Benachbawrt V. Contrafeyt Einer Frawen / so mit den Picten Benachbawrt