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Milestones on the Road to Freedom: The Revolt Against Autocratic Government in Massachusetts: The Arrest of Governor Andros, (painting). Artist:  Herter, Albert, 1871-1950, painter. Title:  Milestones on the Road to Freedom: The Revolt Against Autocratic Government in Massachusetts: The Arrest of Governor Andros, (painting). Other Titles:  Revolt against Autocratic Government in Massachusetts: The Arrest of Governor Andros, (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 second of five murals commemorating the history of Massachusetts depicts the April 18, 1689 arrest of Governor Edmund Andros, who ruled Colonial Massachusetts and nearby colonies following the 1884 revocation of the Massachusetts Bay Charter that was granted by King Charles I in 1629. An official of the Massachusetts colonists is shown taking Governor Andros into custody as he emerges from Fort Hill accompanied by his assistants. Andros submits to the arrest, though nearby angry colonists gather, and appear ready for a fight should the Governor resist. Subject:  History -- United States -- Colonization History -- United States -- Massachusetts Landscape -- Massachusetts Landscape -- Beach Portrait male -- Andros, Edmund -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Governor State of Being -- Other -- Imprisonment Architecture exterior -- Military -- Fort Architecture exterior -- Military -- Fort Hill Architecture -- Boat -- Sailing Ship 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 20550073   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 20550073 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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