Object: Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock, 1620

Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock, 1620

Artist:

Peter Frederick ROTHERMEL

Description:

Central figures are a man helping a woman (Miles Standish and Wife) out of a boat, other children and men in the boat. Other people gatherered around the shore helping to pull in the boat. Composition derived from poem by Felicia Heman's "The Landing of. As per letter from PAFA, "...Rothermel has been hailed by some critics as the best history painter working in Philadelphia in the mid 19th century August 18, 1988, Cynthia H. Veloric. "based on Heman's poem"; reproduced on a number of plates - Crown Ducal Culture: Colonial America; Dec. 11, 1620 Place: Plymouth Rock, MA

Credit:

Kirby Collection of Historical Paintings, Lafayette College, Easton, PA

Collection:

Kirby Collection of Historical Paintings

Dimensions:

139.3825 W x 104.4575 H (in cm.)