Pilgrim Collection

Chaucers Pilgrims by Pauline Baynes
The numerous pilgrims from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, pictured riding in procession

The first Thanksgiving 1621. Pilgrims and Natives gather to share meal. Date c1932

Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA
The Pilgrim Monument and Bas Relief Tablet on Town Hill, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA. It commemorates the signing of the Compact and the first landing place of the Pilgrims on 11 November 1620

Pilgrim Fathers Depart
102 Protestants (24 of them women) leave Plymouth for America in the Mayflower. Only 35 were Puritans. The phrase Pilgrim Fathers was first used in 1799

Pilgrim Fathers First Christmas 1621
A man fills a tankard of beer from a small keg, as various men sit or stand around drinking. Date: 1621

Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, New England, 1620
The Pilgrim Fathers arriving at Plymouth, New England in 1620. Date: 1918

Pilgrims Way
The Pilgrims Way, near Aylesford, Kent, England, which was used by pilgrims on their way to Canterbury. Date: 1950s

Pilgrims returning to Algeria from Mecca, having undertaking the Hajj, the pilgrimage every able-bodied Muslim is required to undertake at least once in their lifetime

Pilgrim Fathers landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts
The Pilgrim Fathers landing at what would later be Plymouth, Massachusetts

BUNYAN / PROGRESS 11
This panoramic view shows you how far the pilgrims must travel from the City of Destruction until they cross the river to their destination. Date: first published 1678

The Chapel of Mercy, Kevelaer, Germany
Kevelaer, a municipality in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The most-visited Catholic pilgrimage location within north-western Europe, with more than 800

The perils of our forefathers

Turkish Hodja
Turkish holy man ( Hodja ) - Constantinople. Once a man had taken pilgrimage to Mecca, he always wore a beard and was forthwith known as Haji (followed by his name) to denote this fact

Painting of a Turkish man - Constantinople. Once a man had taken pilgrimage to Mecca, he always wore a beard and was forthwith known as Haji (followed by his name) to denote this fact

Chaucer Reads at Court
GEOFFREY CHAUCER Chaucer reads one of his Canterbury Tales to Edward III and his court, at Sheen Castle in Surrey

Winslow / Massasoit Meet
Mr Edward Winslow visits Massasoit, chief of the Pokanokets, to explain their reasons for settling upon his lands

The First Sunday
The Pilgrim Fathers celebrate the first Sunday at New Haven

Pilgrim Fathers Arrive
The first boat-load of Pilgrims lands on the New England coast : John Alden and Mary Chilton are the first to set foot on American soil

Richard Burton in eastern costume
Richard Burton, traveller, in the costume he wore as a pilgrim to Mecca

Lourdes, France - Bernadette Soubirous house
Lourdes, France - The home of Bernadette Soubirous (1844-1879), venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church for her visions. Date: circa 1910

Pilgrim Following a Star
Christmas. A traveller reaches The Star Inn by night. Date: circa 1930

Mayflower Barn at Jordans, Buckinghamshire, England
The ancient barn at Jordans Hostel, believed to have been constructed using timbers from the Mayflower - Buckinghamshire, England. Date: circa 1920s

Japanese pilgrims with hats, gongs and rosaries - Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Date: circa 1910

Saint James the Pilgrim. Circle of Pedro Berruguete. Early 16th century. Oil on board. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2019

Saint James the Pilgrim. Statue, 16th -17th centuries. Southern Germany. Polychromed wood. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2019

Apostles James and John. Attributed to Master of Ventosilla. Early 16th century. Oil on board. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2019

12th Century 1200 Angel Angels Archbishop Art
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Thomas Becket's reliquary. France, ca. 1200
Reliquary of Thomas Becket (ca. 1118-1170). France, ca. 1200. Scenes depicting the dead of Thomas Becket and angels carrying the soul of the martir. Catharijneconvent Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands

Cartoon, The Valley of the Shadow of Death, by James Gillray. Depicting Napoleon (ironically in the role of John Bunyan's pilgrim, Christian) having to confront an array of problems

PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 31
Mr Greatheart encourages Mr Fearing - he was ready to die for fear'. Date: first published 1678

An Irish pilgrim to SAINT PATRICK'S PURGATORY, in Lough Dergh, sits in Saint Bridget's Chair, knowing that by doing so he is forever protected from accident and sudden death Date: 1847

AN IRISH PENITENT A pious Irish pilgrim to Saint Patrick's Purgatory, Lough Dergh (Donegal), tells his beads in one of the seven Saints Beds on the island Date: 1847

BUNYAN/GIANT'S DEATH
The death of Giant Despair. Date: First published: 1678

1860s Japan - portrait of a pilgrim setting out for Mount Fujiyama Felice or Felix Beato (1832 - 29 January 1909), Italian-British photographer working mostly in India, Japan, China

Chrisitan pilgrimage group banks of river Jordan
Chrisitan pilgrim group on the banks of the river Jordan, c.1890

Edo street scene, 18th century, with archery range
Edo street scene, 18th century. A shop girl sits in front of an archery range holding a bow. A tea shop girl stands on a bench with a candle. A woman and edemame seller with baby pass by

Entrance to the Tomb of Absalom and Cave of Jehosophat. Ingresso all Tombe di Assalonne e di Giosofat. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient

The Grotto of the Nativity, Bethlehem, 1800s
The Grotto of the Nativity, Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, 1800s. Grotta della Nativita. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient

Cloisters of the Domenican monastery in Valladolid. Founded at the end of the 15th century by Don Alonzo, Bishop of Potencia, and famous in the Spanish Inquisition

The hermitage of Monserrato, Isle of Elba
The hermitage or Sanctuary of Monserrato, Porto Azzurro, Isle of Elba, famous pilgrimage site in the 18th century. Veduta delL Eremo di Monserrato

Unveiling the Lowell Memorial Window in the chapter house of Westminster Abbey Date: 1893

Drawing by R. Borlase Smart of the ancient barn at Jordans Hostel, believed to have been constructed using timbers from the Mayflower. Date: 1920

Various scenes showing how people were marking the 300th anniversary of the Pilgrim Fathers departing Plymouth for the new world in 1620. Date: 1920

Containing a memorial to the Pilgrim Fathers, the east end of the new St. Brides Church in Fleet Street. Date: 1957

Honouring a Mayflower descendant - Sir James Waterlow (right) and Mr. Hugh Winslow. Hugh Winslow was a descendant of Edward Winslow

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh with the Bishop of London (right) at the rededication service for St. Brides church, Fleet Street, London. Date: 1957

The Pilgrim Fathers embarking at Plymouth by A. R. Thomson, one of a number of murals exhibited in the Octagon Hall at Burlington House during the Royal Academy exhibition of 1938. Date: 1938

Commemorating the departure of the pilgrim fathers for Holland in1609 - a monument containing American granite unveiled near Immingham. Date: 1925

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