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Beneath the image are the title and 12 lines from Part VII of the poem, \u201cThe March of Miles Standish\u201d:<\/p>\n

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Figures ten, in the mist, marched slowly out of the village.
\nStandish the stalwart it was, with eight of his valorous army,
\nLed by their Indian guide, by Hobomok, friend of the white men,
\nNorthward marching to quell the sudden revolt of the savage.
\nGiants they seemed in the mist, or the mighty men of King David;
\nGiants in heart they were, who believed in God and the Bible,–<\/p>\n

Out of the sea rose the sun, and the billows rejoiced at his coming;
\nBeautiful were his feet on the purple tops of the mountains;
\nBeautiful on the sails of the Mayflower riding at anchor,
\nBattered and blackened and worn by all the storms of the winter.
\nLoosely against her masts was hanging and flapping her canvas,
\nRent by so many gales, and patched by the hands of the sailors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Courtship of Miles Standish<\/strong> is a lengthy narrative poem written in 1858. Miles Standish was a real person, but the poem is almost entirely fictional. It tells the story of the courtship between Standish and Priscilla Mullins, and Mullins\u2019 eventual marriage to John Alden; the best-known line is probably her retort to Alden, \u201cWhy don’t you speak for yourself, John?”<\/p>\n

J.E. Baker was likely Joseph E. Baker, a lithographer and pencil portraitist. He apprenticed in Bufford\u2019s lithography firm in Boston with Winslow Homer in 1857. He was working in New York City in the 1860s.<\/p>\n

Armstrong & Co. was a lithography firm founded by Charles Armstrong, which operated in Boston and New York from 1872 to 1876. They produced separately issued prints, views and portraits, some as premiums for subscribers to the Atlantic Monthly.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Full publication information: Armstrong & Co. Lith. 43 Bristol St. Boston.<\/p>\n

Condition: Generally very good with the usual overall toning, wear, marginal abrasions. Few short marginal tears restored.<\/p>\n

References:<\/p>\n

Groce, George C. and Wallace, David H. The New-York Historical Society\u2019s Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860.<\/em> New Haven: Yale University Press, 1969. p. 22 (Baker).<\/p>\n

Peters, Harry T. America on Stone.<\/em> U.S.: Doubleday, Doran, 1931. p. 80 (Armstrong).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Courtship of Miles Standish.\u201d Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Maine Historical Society.<\/em> 2000-2008.http:\/\/www.hwlongfellow.org\/poems_poem.php?pid=191 (11 April 2008).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe March of Miles Standish.” http:\/\/lcweb2.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/query\/i?pp\/PPALL:@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3a07385)) (11 April 2008).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

J.E. Baker (after)
\nThe March of Miles Standish<\/strong>
\nArmstrong & Co., Boston: 1873
\nSigned in the stone, lower right: J.E. Baker
\nHand-colored lithograph
\n16 x 27.5 inches, overall
\n12.25 x 25 inches, image
\n$600<\/p>\n

Large print illustrating a scene from the poem The Courtship of Miles Standish <\/strong>by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-82). Standish, military captain of the Pilgrims colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts, is shown with his men and \u201ctheir Indian guide\u201d at dawn on their way to \u201cquell the sudden revolt of the savage.\u201d Behind them is the ocean, with the Mayflower at anchor in the distance, as described in the poem. This print is listed in Peters\u2019 America on Stone<\/strong> as one of the outstanding works produced by Armstrong & Co. A copy of it is shown on the Library of Congress web site (see References).<\/p>\n

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