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Arbella or Arabella [2] was the flagship of the Winthrop Fleet on which Governor John Winthrop, other members of the Company (including William Gager), and Puritan emigrants transported themselves and the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company from England to Salem between April 8 and June 12, 1630, thereby giving legal birth to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Jan Spivey Gilchrist is an American author, illustrator, and fine artist from Chicago, Illinois. [1] She is most well known for her work in children's literature, especially illustrations in The Great Migration: Journey to the North, Nathaniel Talking, and My America. [2]
The term "Great Migration" can refer to the migration in the period of English Puritans to the New England Colonies, starting with Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony. [1] They came in family groups rather than as isolated individuals and were mainly motivated by freedom to practice their beliefs.
[1] Ranging mediums including painting, photography, sculpture, fiber, installation, and video art, the works in the exhibition explore themes of migration, displacement, and community, often through the lens of the artists' own family histories during or after the Great Migration. [2]
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1630. 8 April – Winthrop Fleet: The ship Arbella and three others set sail from the Solent with 400 passengers under the leadership of John Winthrop headed for the Massachusetts Bay Colony in America as part of the Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640); seven more, with another 300 aboard, follow in the next few weeks.
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Historic poster artists. The Beggarstaffs, active 1893–1899; Róbert Berény (1887–1954) Gino Boccasile (1901–1952) Sándor Bortnyik (1893–1976)