John White was a watercolorist from England who came to Roanoke, Virginia (present-day eastern North Carolina) in the 1580s with English expeditions. He was the first Englishman we know of, who painted in America and is also associated with a much-recorded historical event known as the Lost Colony. As an expedition artist, he did sketches that are somewhat free in style but show a scientific sense of documentation.
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