[Bank note illustration showing the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth] – Vintage Print
![[Bank note illustration showing the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth], New York : Toppan, Carpenter & Co., [1856] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/67/67f815a103cf-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of [Bank note illustration showing the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Bank note illustration showing the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth]
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Engraved as a vignette for a bank note, this proof shows the Pilgrims coming ashore at Plymouth in 1620, a scene that had become a familiar part of American national memory by the 1850s. The plate was made by Toppan, Carpenter & Co. of New York, a firm that supplied detailed pictorial engraving for banknotes, since intricate images were harder to counterfeit than plain lettering. The bracketed date in the record means 1856 is an estimate. Viewers of the period would likely have read the orderly landing as a symbol of courage, faith and the founding of a new country.
| Created / published | New York : Toppan, Carpenter & Co., [1856] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Bank note vignettes 1850-1860.Engravings 1850-1860.Proofs 1850-1860. |
| Subjects | Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)--1620. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,225 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-189559 |
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