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The Pilgrims Signing The Compact, On Board The May Flower, Nov – Historic Reproduction

The Pilgrims Signing The Compact, On Board The May Flower, Nov, c. 1859 — antique engraving
The Pilgrims Signing The Compact, On Board The May Flower, Nov, c. 1859. Antique engraving from the Thanksgiving collection.

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This rare antique engraving captures The Pilgrims Signing The Compact, On Board The May Flower, Nov in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Here the scene is aboard the Mayflower on November 11, 1620, as the ship lay at anchor off Cape Cod and the passengers drew up the agreement now called the Mayflower Compact. Tompkins Harrison Matteson painted the subject, and this print reproduces his work through an engraving by Gauthier, published by William Schaus in New York. Made around 1859, it reflects a mid-nineteenth-century tendency to cast the Pilgrims as founders of American self-government, an idea that Thanksgiving observances of the period did much to spread.

Created / publishedc. 1859
Mediumprint, engraving , 39 1/8 x 30 7/8 in.
Notes11th, 1620. Painted by T.H. Matteson. Engraved by Gauthier. Tompkins Harrison Matteson, artist. Published by W. Schaus, New York. Imprimé par Alfred Chardon jne, rue Racine, 3, Paris
Original scan3,440 × 2,700 px · prints to 11 × 9 in at 300 dpi
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