The Return of Miles Standish - AD 1622

This painting, entitled The Return of Miles Standish, by the American artist Jean Leon Gerome Ferris depicts the return of Miles Standish on the day of the Wedding of Priscilla and John Alden. Priscilla was the woman who Miles Standish fell in love with, but who married John Alden instead. This caused emnity between John and Miles, which was resolved on the day of John and Priscilla's wedding depicted here.