MAKE A MEME View Large Image Landing of the Pilgrims by Cornè - circa 1805.jpg Artwork Cornè Michele Felice Landing of the Pilgrims circa 1803-1807 oil on canvas cm 91 4 132 7 White House Washington D C United States White House copy of the painting Notes from Kloss ...
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Keywords: Landing of the Pilgrims by Cornè - circa 1805.jpg Artwork Cornè Michele Felice Landing of the Pilgrims circa 1803-1807 oil on canvas cm 91 4 132 7 White House Washington D C United States White House copy of the painting Notes from Kloss William et al Art in the White House A Nation's Pride Washington D C The White House Historical Association 2008 The Sons of the Pilgrims an organization of patriotic Bostonians was founded in 1800 The invitation to their first meeting was illustrated with Sam Hill's engraving of the landing of the Pilgrims in 1620 His image became this inspiration for this painting In place of the somber garb of Puritanism the Pilgrims' bold leader wears a hat of the Napoleonic era and a group of British redcoats sits staidly behind him The storm-tossed refugees are greeted by a number of incurious Indians rather than the desolate shore that actually awaited them The Indians decidedly not dressed for the winter season stand on different levels of a high rocky bank that replaces the marshes of reality Otherwise the topography is generally correct with Clark's Island in the distance and Plymouth Rock in the foreground of the painting The clouds are rendered in strong almost abstract shapes; the snow covers the shore like frosting on a cake; and the squiggly waves might have been applied with a pastry tube The White House Historical Association Other versions http //www whitehouseresearch org/assetbank-whha/action/viewAsset id 37 PD-Art contrast fix Representations of the pilgrim landing at Plymouth rock Michele Felice Cornè Paintings in the White House
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