Thanksgiving and Pilgrim Paintings and Artwork
by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson
Robert Walter Weir (American Hudson River school
painter,1803-1889), "The Embarkation of the Pilgrims from Delfthaven in Holland" (1844), US Capitol Rotunda, Oil on
canvas, 12' x 18'.
Larger image. |
William Formsby Halsall (1841-1919)
Henry Sargent (1770-1845)
Edward Percy Moran (American artist, 1862-1935)
1920 Pilgrim Tecentenary Issue.
1cent stamp The Mayflower.
2 cent
stamp Landing of the Pilgrims, 5 cent stamp,
Signing of the Compact.
US Postal Service.
"The First Thanksgiving" (1915), by Jean Louis
Gerome Ferris (American painter, 1863-1930).
Larger image. |
Detail from "The
First Thanksgiving" (1914), by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (1850-1936),
oil on canvas, Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Full painting. |
Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (1850-1936),
"The
First Thanksgiving" (1914), oil on canvas, Pilgrim Hall Museum,
Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Detail.
Henry A. Bacon (1839-1912),
The Landing
of the Pilgrims (1877), oil on
canvas, Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Mass.
Jean Louis Gerome Ferris (American painter and
illustrator of Americana, 1863-1930)
Charles Lucy (1814-1873)
George Henry Boughton (1833-1905)
Robert Walter Weir (American Hudson River school
painter,1803-1889)
Scale model of a 17th century English merchantman ship of
about 400 tons, Dorset County Museum, Dorchester, Dorset.
Larger image.
Very large image. In contrast, the "Mayflower" is estimated at 180
tons, 90-110 feet long, width 25 feet, though actual details are
unknown. |
Bernard Finegan Gribble (1872-1962), British marine artist and
illustrator
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Mayflower
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The Return of the Mayflower
(1919) is not a pilgrim picture, but one of ships returning following WW1.
Gilbert Tucker Margeson (American painter, 1852-1940)
Other artists
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978, images licensed by Brown &
Bigelow)
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Freedom from Want
(mother serving platter with turkey at Thanksgiving, cover
Saturday Evening Post March 6, 1943)
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Home for Thanksgiving (mother and soldier son peeling
potatoes, cover, Saturday Evening Post, November 24, 1945)
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Saying Grace
(1951, mother and son saying grace in restaurant with others looking
on)
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Thanksgiving (cover of Life Magazine, November 22,
1923, pilgrim in stocks with sign, "Ye Glutton")
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A Pilgrim's Progress
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Thanksgiving (bespeckled woman holding a turkey on a
platter, The Literary Digest cover, 22 Nov 1919)
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Thanksgiving Pie (cover, The Country Gentleman,
November 1930)
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Thanksgiving Day Blues (cover, Saturday Evening Post,
November 28, 1942)
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Refugee Thanksgiving (cover, Saturday Evening Post,
November 27, 1943)
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Cousin
Reginald Catches the Thanksgiving Turkey (The Country Gentleman,
December 1, 1917)
Joseph Christian ("J.C.") Leyendecker (1874-1951,
American illustrator, images licensed by Curtis Publishing
Company).
Cover collection.
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Trading for a Turkey (cover of Saturday Evening Post,
Dec 1, 1923, pilgrim trading with an Indian for a turkey)
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Pilgrim (cover of Saturday Evening Post, pilgrim
with turkey and Bible)
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Childhood Thanksgiving (Cover of Saturday Evening Post,
November 26, 1927, old man with childhood dream of Thanksgiving
turkey)
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Thanksgiving Crest (Cover of Saturday Evening Post,
November 26, 1932, two children eating under crest of picked
turkey)
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Trimming the Pie (Cover of Saturday Evening Post,
November 23, 1935)
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Basting the Turkey (Cover of Saturday Evening Post,
November 28, 1936)
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After Turkey Nap (Cover of Saturday Evening Post,
November 26, 1938)
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Turkey in the Tree (Cover of Saturday Evening Post, November 25, 1939)
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Pilgrim and Football Player (Cover of Saturday Evening Post, November
24, 1928, pilgrim and football player)
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Barking up the Wrong Turkey (Cover, Saturday Evening Post, Nov 27, 1926)
Herbert Paus (1880-1946), illustrator with a great sense of design, great
figures.
Some whose work appears in posters:
John Currin (American painter, 1962- ),
Thanksgiving 2003, oil on canvas, 1729x1323 mm, Tate Gallery
Sarony & Major, The Landing of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock, Dec. 11th 1620 (c. 1848),
lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Collections of Thanksgiving artwork
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|
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Copyright of artwork. Much, but not all, of the artwork
linked to on this site is in the public domain worldwide due to the date of death of its author (if it is was published outside of the U.S. and the author
has been dead for over 70 years), or due to its date of
publication (if it was first made public in the U.S. before
1923), at least in the United States (see
Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.), in Germany, and in many other countries.
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