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The Pilgrims on the Mayflower, (painting). Artist:  Walker, Henry Oliver, 1843-1929, painter. Title:  The Pilgrims on the Mayflower, (painting). Other Titles:  Landing of the Pilgrims, (painting). Dates:  1902 Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  175 1/2 x 162 in. (446 x 411.5 cm). Inscription:  (Lower right:) Henry Oliver Walker 1902 (Upper center:) For the Lord is our Defence - and the Holy One of Israel/is our King signed Description:  "The Pilgrims sailed from Plymouth, England, on September 16, 1620. They are depicted on the first sighting of land in North America on November 9. Simon Brewster, William Bradford, John Carver, Miles Standish, and John Alden are represented allegorically; the only portrait is of Edward Winslow." Subject:  History -- United States -- Colonization Figure group Dress -- Historic -- Pilgrim Dress Architecture -- Boat -- Mayflower Portrait male -- Winslow, Edward Allegory -- Other -- Brewster, Simon Allegory -- Other -- Bradford, William Allegory -- Other -- Carver, John Allegory -- Other -- Standish, Miles Allegory -- Other -- Alden, John Object Type:  Mural Painting Owner:  Massachusetts State House, Beacon Hill, Memorial Hall, Boston, Massachusetts 02133 Remarks:  Commissioned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1896. References:  Brochure of the Mural Painters, a National Society Founded 1895, New York: the Kalkhoff Company, 1916. Massachusetts Art Commission, "Art in the Massachusetts State House," 1986. Murray, Richard, 1977. Illustration:  Image on file. Massachusetts Art Commission, "Art in the Massachusetts State House," 1986, pg. 68. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 86130030   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 86130030 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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