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Milestones on the Road to Freedom: Governor Winthrop Bringing the Charter to Massachusetts, (painting). Artist:  Herter, Albert, 1871-1950, painter. Title:  Milestones on the Road to Freedom: Governor Winthrop Bringing the Charter to Massachusetts, (painting). Other Titles:  Governor Winthrop Bringing the Charter to Massachusetts, (painting). Dates:  1942. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  110 x 130 in. (279.5 x 330 cm). Inscription:  (Lower right:) Albert Herter/copr. 1942 signed Description:  In the House of Representative, the first of five murals commemorating the history of Massachusetts depicts the June 12, 1630 arrival in Salem of John Winthrop (1588-1649), accompanied by his assistant who carries the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay that was granted by King Charles I in 1629. Standing on the shore waiting to greet Winthrop is John Endecott , future Governor of Colonial Massachusetts. In the background, Winthrop's ship, the Arbella, and other ships are anchored. Men working in the shallow waters of the shore transfer chests of supplies from ship to shore. Subject:  History -- United States -- Colonization History -- United States -- Massachusetts Landscape -- Massachusetts -- Salem Landscape -- Beach Portrait male -- Winthrop, John -- Full length Portrait male -- Endecott, John -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Governor Architecture -- Boat -- Sailing Ship Architecture -- Boat -- Arbella Figure group Occupation -- Other -- Colonist Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Massachusetts State House, Beacon Hill, House of Representatives, Boston, Massachusetts 02133 Remarks:  One of five murals in the House of Representatives commemorating the establishment of Massachusetts. The murals were a gift of Speaker of the House Christian Herter and his father, the artist Albert Herter. References:  Massachusetts Art Commission, "Art in the Massachusetts State House," 1986. Illustration:  Massachusetts Art Commission, "Art in the Massachusetts State House," 1986, pg. 74. 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 20550072   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 20550072 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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