The Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Mass. Dec. 22nd 1620, lithographic print by Currier & Ives, 1876. Based on the original painting by Lucy Charles, c. 1850.
This scene dramatizes the arrival of the Pilgrims (a group of English settlers motivated by fear of assimilation and dimming economic prospects in Holland) on the shores of the American continent, where they would soon establish the Plymouth Colony. On the left, they are met by a Native American, reminding the viewer that it was a land already peopled.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Ives, C. &. (2025, August 22). Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20879/landing-of-the-pilgrims-at-plymouth/
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Ives, Currier &. "Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth." World History Encyclopedia, August 22, 2025. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20879/landing-of-the-pilgrims-at-plymouth/.
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Ives, Currier &. "Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth." World History Encyclopedia, 22 Aug 2025, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20879/landing-of-the-pilgrims-at-plymouth/.
