This is Sharon Long's completed facial approximation of the Jamestown settler. He had wide-spaced eyes, high cheekbones, and a long, fairly prominent nose.

Note the fairly low, sloping forehead, and the way the lower portion of his face juts out slightly. Dr. Owsley of the Smithsonian believes these characteristics were far more typical of people 400 years ago than they are today.

As you have seen in the previous frames, this image is based mainly on skull features. To complete the portrait, the artist chose his hair and eye colors, complexion, and facial hair by studying 17th century paintings of Englishmen and other Europeans.

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