Bust of Pocahontas
Joseph Mozier
American, 1812–1870

Details
Title
Bust of Pocahontas
Artist/Maker
Joseph Mozier (American, 1812–1870)
Date
1848
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
25 5/8 x 16 1/2 x 11 inches
Credit
Gift of the West Foundation in honor of Gudmund Vigtel and Michael E. Shapiro
Accession #
2010.74
On View
Currently not on view
The legend of Pocahontas, the Native American princess who saved the life of Jamestown settler Captain John Smith, is today considered more fiction than fact. However, in the 1800s, this tale of an Indian maiden who converted to Christianity, married a white colonist, and moved with him to England captured the imagination of many artists. The theme became particularly popular with Neoclassical sculptors. Mozier depicted Pocahontas wandering through the woods with her pet deer—symbolic of her untamed nature—and pausing to contemplate the significance of a cross.
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