Pilgrim Collection

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

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

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

JUANES, Juan de (1523-1579). Saint James the Pilgrim. mid. 16th c. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Santiago de Compostela. Pilgrimage Museum

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

The perils of our forefathers

The Chapel of Mercy, Kevelaer, Germany
Kevelaer, a municipality in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, in pilgrim's dress, embarks on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Date: 1408

Eldorado by Edgar Allan Poe, Dulac illustration
Illustration by Edmund Dulac to Eldorado, a poem by Edgar Allan Poe

The laying of the keel of Mayflower II. The start of the construction of a replica of the original ship in which the pilgrim fathers sailed to the new world

Upham and Charlton inspect a scale model of the Mayflower II, built in the 1950s as an exact replica of the original Mayflower ship. Date: 1956

A reproduction of the actual Mayflower to be built in Britain at a cost of £110, 000 and presented to the American people

The Magician Hermogenes orders the devils, in the presence of the pilgrims to Compostela, bring him the Apostle St. James. 19th-century engraving from a miniature of Sainte-Ecriture, 15th century

History of France, 1100. From left to right: noble lady, warrior and pilgrim. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume V, 1884

History of France, 1100. From left to right: ploughmen
History of France, 1100. From left to right, 1-2: ploughmen, 3: nobleman, 4-5-6-7: noble ladies, 8: warrior, 9: pilgrim. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume V, 1884

Normans, 1000-1100. From left to right: shepherd
Normans, 1000-1100. From left to right, 1: shepherd, 2: nobleman, 3: pilgrim, 4-5-6-7-8: warriors. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume V, 1884

Normans, 1000-1100. From left to right: pilgrim and warriors
Normans, 1000-1100. From left to right, 3: pilgrim, 4-5-6-7: warriors. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume V, 1884

Normans, 1000-1100. From left to right: shepherd
Normans, 1000-1100. From left to right, 1: shepherd, 2: nobleman, 3: pilgrim, 4-5-6: warriors. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume V, 1884

Normans, 1000-1100. From left to right: pilgrim and warriors
Normans, 1000-1100. From left to right, 3: pilgrim, 4-5-6-7-8: warriors. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume V, 1884

Berenguer Ramon II (ca. 1053-1097). Count of Barcelona
Berenguer Ramon II (ca. 1053-1097), so-called the Fratricide. Count of Barcelona (1076-1097). He journeyed to Jerusalem in the expedition of the First Crusade (1096-1099)

Pilgrim Fathers Memorial, Southampton, Hampshire, England. Date: 1965

French costumes from La Danse Macabre, 15th century
French costumes, 15th century. Gaoler, minstrel, fool, bourgeois, beggar, pilgrim and shepherd. Geolier, menestrel, fou, bourgeois, mendiant, pelerin, berger. XVe siecle

Norman preacher, monk and pilgrim, 11th century. Preacher from an original manuscript in clothes that only slightly resemble those of the clergy, holding a full purse 105

Costumes of the people of Italy, 1858

Bas-relief sculpture depicting a pilgrim. Mid-15th century
Bas-relief sculpture depicting a pilgrim. Detail. Mid-15th century. Probably from the Church of Santo Domingo or the Church of Santo Tomi¡s (La Coruna, Galicia, Spain)

Spain, Galicia, Pontevedra. The festivities of the city. Procession of La Peregrina in the afternoon of the 15th August. Drawing by Melendez. Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz

Saudi Arabia, Mecca. General view of the city. In the centre of al-Masjid al-Haram Mosque, the Kaaba, which houses the Black Stone. Engraving. Detail. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Saudi Arabia, Mecca. General view of the city. In the centre of al-Masjid al-Haram Mosque, the Kaaba, which houses the Black Stone. Engraving. Detail. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Muslim pilgrims camp in Mina, near Mecca
Mohammedan pilgrimages. Muslim pilgrims camp in Mina, near Mecca. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Samoset Visits Pilgrims at Plymouth
Samoset, an Abenaki Sagamore, or lesser chief, who had learned English from fisherman and sailors off Maine, walked into Plymouth colony and startled the pilgrim colonists by speaking English

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
12th, Century, 1200, Angel, angels, Archbishop, Art, assailant, Becket, british, Canterbury, carry, carrying, Catharijneconvent, Museum, Cross, dead, death, Detail, England, english, Europe

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

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

The Grotto of the Nativity, Bethlehem, 1800s
The Grotto of the Nativity, Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, 1800s. Grotta della Nativita

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

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

Plymouth Harbour, Devon, with ships and lighthouse -- a modern view, 300 years after the Pilgrim Fathers set out on the Mayflower. Date: 1920

Mayflower celebrations, Plymouth, Devon
Mayflower celebrations in Plymouth, Devon, on the tercentenary of the Founding Fathers setting sail for America

The Mayflower setting out from Plymouth on her way to the New World. Date: 1620

Mayflower-related locations, Plymouth, Devon
Mayflower-related locations in Plymouth, Devon -- the stone marking the site where the Mayflower moored, the last meeting place of the Pilgrim Fathers at the Plymouth Barbican before sailing

The Great Temple, Hardwar or Haridwar, India
The Great Temple, Hardwar or Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India - long procession Hindu pilgrims during annual festival, arriving to wash in the River Ganges. 19th century

Departure of the Mayflower from Plymouth with 102 men, women and children on board, to seek religious liberty in the New World. Date: 1620

The Mayflower II mid-Atlantic
The Mayflower II sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in 1957

Hutch in the BBC radio programme Caribbean Carnival with The Pilgrim Chorus. Leslie A. Hutchinson (1900-1969) known as Hutch was a Grenada-born singer and pianist

Roger Williams Building his Own Home
Roger Williams, founder of the colony of Rhode Island, early abolitionist, and Puritan minister, stands looking out at the landscape, holding an axe, a partially constructed log house behind him

Monument to the Landing Place of the Pilgrims, at Plymouth
At Plymouth harbour, a monument to the landing site of the pilgrim fathers stands in the middle of a square, made of four stone archways. Date: 1621

Pilgrim Fathers First Meeting 1621
Inside a large wooden building, the pilgrims hold their first meeting

Allyn House, New Plymouth, Pilgrams house 1621
A 3 storey house, built by one of the pilgrim fathers in the construction of New Plymouth

Landing on Cape Cod 1620
A group of men with rifles stand in the distance on the beach of Cape Cod, as women in the foreground tend fires for cooking and begin washing clothes. Date: 1620

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