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Massachusetts State House Art and Artifact Collections - Murals

The State House Art Commission has compiled this list of all murals in the building organized by location. All works are oil on canvas except the fresco-secco cartouches in the fourth floor Main Stair Hall ceiling.

Main Staircase ceiling

List of works:

  • Samuel Adams
  • James Otis
  • John Hancock
  • Joseph Warren

Artist: Frank Hill Smith, 1894

Nurses Hall

List of works:

  • Paul Revere’s Ride, 1775
  • Samuel Adams (medallion)
  • James Otis Arguing Against the Writs of Assistance in the Old Towne House, 1761
  • John Hancock (medallion)
  • Boston Tea Party, 1773

Artist:  Robert Reid, 1901 and 1904

Memorial Hall

List of works:

  • Pilgrims on the Mayflower, 1620
  • John Eliot Preaching to the Indians, 1646
  • Battle at Concord Bridge, 1775
  • Return of the Colors to the Custody of the Commonwealth, 1865

Artists: Henry Oliver Walker and Edward E. Simmons, 1902 and 1903

Third Floor

List of works:

  • Decoration of the Colors of the 104th Infantry, 1918
  • Veterans of the Sixth Regiment Memorial:
  • Introduction and Record of Duty I
  • Marching Through Baltimore, 1861
  • Landing in Porto Rico, 1898
  • Record of Duty II

Artist: Richard Andrew, 1927 and 1931

House Chamber

List of works:

  • Governor Winthrop at Salem Bringing the Charter of the Bay Colony to Massachusetts, 1630
  • Revolt against Autocratic Government in Massachusetts: The Arrest of Governor Andros, 1689
  • The Dawn of Tolerance in Massachusetts: Public Repentance of Judge Samuel Sewall for his Actions in the Witchcraft Trials, 1697
  • John Adams, Samuel Adams, and James Bowdoin Drafting the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780
  • John Hancock Proposing the Addition of the Bill of Rights to the Federal Constitution, 1788

Artist: Albert Herter, 1942

Fourth Floor

List of works:

  • 94th Infantry Division Memorial

Artist: William Foley, 2002

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