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Title, URL, Summary
Significance: how this source
representation
contributes to greater student
understanding and perspective
The pilgrims signing the compact, on board the May Flower, Nov.
11th, 1620 / painted by T.H. Matteson ; engraved by Gauthier.
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005684450/
New York : Published by W. Schaus 629 Broadway, c1859
Medium: 1 print : engraving ; 39 1/8 x 30 7/8 in.
Engraving by Gauthier after painting by T.H. Matteson
Summary: Print showing the Pilgrims, below deck on the
Mayflower, signing the Mayflower Compact.
1) Students need to understand that this
painting/engraving, created many years after the
event, is not a primary source of that time
2) The artists’ interpretation of the signing of the
Mayflower compact can be analyzed in terms of
purpose and accuracy.
3) As students learn about the Mayflower
compact this can provide a visual “decoding” of
earlier times.