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The Return of the Colors to the Custody of the Commonwealth, (painting). Artist:  Simmons, Edward Emerson, 1852-1931, painter. Title:  The Return of the Colors to the Custody of the Commonwealth, (painting). Other Titles:  Battle of Flags, (painting). Battleflags, Dates:  1902. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  175 1/2 x 162 in. (446 x 411.5 cm). Inscription:  (Lower left:) Copyright 1902 by Edward Simmons signed Description:  "The presentation of the flags of the regiments and companies that actively engaged in the Civil War, to Governor Andrew on the front steps of the State House, December 22, 1865." Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War History -- United States -- Flag Ceremony -- Military -- Presentation of the Colors Figure group -- Male Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Object -- Other -- Flag Architecture exterior -- Civic -- Massachusetts State House Architecture exterior -- Civic -- Capitol Portrait male -- Andrew, John Albion -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Governor Object Type:  Mural Painting Owner:  Massachusetts State House, Beacon Hill, Memorial Hall, Boston, Massachusetts 02133 Remarks:  Commissioned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1896. "The flags were place in Doric Hall, and in 1900 were relocated in Memorial Hall, the Hall of Flags. Battle flags from the Revolutionary War, the Spanish American War, and World War I have since been added." References:  Brochure of the Mural Painters, a National Society Founded 1895, New York: the Kalkhoff Company, 1916. Massachusetts Art Commission, "Art in the Massachusetts State House," 1986. Murray, Richard, 1977. Illustration:  Massachusetts Art Commission, "Art in the Massachusetts State House," 1986, pg. 69. Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 86130029   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 86130029 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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