HOUSE .... No. 1832 Che Commontoealth of spagsachusettg. A RECORD OF THE PORTRAITS, BUSTS, STATUES, BAS- RELIEFS AND TABLETS IN OR ABOUT THE STATE HOUSE, BOSTON. Compiled by E l l e n M udge B u r r i l l , Sergeant-at-Arms’ Department, February 29, 1924. The following is a record of the portraits, busts, statues, bas-reliefs and tablets, that have been placed in or about the State House, Boston, in honor of Governors and others, prominent in Plymouth and Massachusetts history, together with those whose names are enrolled in the frescoes and stained glass windows; also the mural paintings. The names of all the Governors, from the settlement of Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony, through the State Constitution to the present, also the Presidents of the Senate and Speakers of the House of Representatives, from 1780 to the present, are given, with an asterisk to signify the portraits not yet in the collection. P o r t r a i t s . Governors of Plymouth Colony. [The asterisk (*) signifies the portraits not yet in the collection.] Term of Service. Artist. Notes. •John Carver 1620-21 _ •William Bradford 1621-33 1635-36 1637-38 1639-44 1645-57 Edward Winslow 1633-34 Walter Gilman Page . From original in Pilgrim Hall, Ply­ 1636-37 mouth. Given by the Massachu­ 1644-45 setts Society, Order of Founders and Patriots of America, May 27, 1922. •Thomas Prence . 1634-35 1638-39 1657-73 •Josiah Winslow . 1673-80 - •Thomas Hinckley 1680-92 - Except during the administration of Sir Edmund Andros, 1686-89. P o r t r a i t s — Continued. Governors of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Term of Artist. Service. Notes. •Matthew Cradock 1629 - Did not come to the Colony. John Endecott . 1629-20 Original. Provisional Governor 1644-45 until Winthrop’s arrival, June 1649-50 12, 1630. 1651-54 1655-65 John Winthrop . 1630-34 Attributed to Sir Anthony Original. 1637-40 Van Dyke. 1642-44 1646-49 *Thomas Dudley . 1634-35 No portrait known. 1640-41 1645-46 1650-51 •John Haynes 1635-36 - *Sir Henry Vane . 1636-37 - •Richard Bellingham . 1641-42 1654-55 1665-72 John Leverett 1672 - Original. Deputy Governor, Act­ 1673-79 ing Governor, 1672. Simon Bradstreet . 1679-86 Original. Served until May 16, 1689-92 1692; the first charter dissolved ' 1686. Inter-Chart r Period. Joseph Dudley 1686 - May 25 to Dec. 20, 1685. President of New England. •Sir Edmund Andros . 1686-89 - Governor of New England. De­ posed April 18, 1689. Governors of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. •Sir William Pliips 1692-94 - May 16, 1692-Dec. 4, 1694. William Stoughton, Lieut. 1694-99 Mary B. Hazelton Acting Governor Dec. 4, 1694- Governor, 1692-1701 1700 01 May 26, 1699, and July 17, 1700- July 7, 1701. From original by Evert Duyckinck, of New York, 1685. Given by the Boston Athenscum, May 20, 1924. •Richard Coote, Earl of Bel- 1699-1700 - May 26, 1699-July 17, 1700. lomont. The Council 1701-02 - July 7, 1701-June 11, 1702. Joseph Dudley . 1702-15 Lyle Durgin From original by Sir Peter Lely (1680J, owned by Dr. D. D. Gil­ bert, of Boston. Purchased under Acts 1900, ch. 297. The Council 1715 - Feb. 4-Mar. 21, 1715. •William Tailer, Lieut. Gov­ 1715-16 Acting Governor, Nov. 9, 1715- ernor, 1711-16, 1730-32. 1730 Oct. 5, 1716, and June 11-Aug. 10, 1720. —----------------------------------------------- P o r t r a i t s — Continued. Governors of the Province of Massachusetts Bay — Concluded. Term of Service. Artist. Notes. •Elizeus Burgess . - - Proclaimed Governor on Nov. 9, 1715, his commission being dated Mar. 17; he did not come over and resigned in April, 1716. •Samuel Shute 1716-22 - William Dummer, Lieut. 1722-28 Frederick P. Vinton . Acting Governor Jan. 1, 1722-July Governor, 1716-30. 1729-30 19, 1728, and Sept. 7, 1729-June, 11, 1730. Copy of original in Dummer Academy. Purchased under Resolves 1886, ch. 71. William Burnet . 1728-29 - July 19, 1728-Sept. 7, 1729. Jonathan Belcher 1730-41 John Singleton Copley Original pastel. Purchased under Acts 1923, ch. 494. •William Shirley . 1741-49 - 1753-56 •Spencer Phips, Lieut. Gov­ 1749-53 - Acting Governor Sept. 11, 1749— ernor, 1732-58. 1756-57 Aug. 7, 1753, and Sept. 25, 1756- Apr. 4, 1757. The Council 1757 - Apr. 4-Aug. 3, 1757. •Thomas Pownall 1757-60 - Thomas Hutchinson, Lieut. 1760 Walter Gilman Page . Acting Governor June 3-Aug. 2, Governor, 1758-71. 1769-71 1760, and Aug. 2, 1769-Mar. 14, 1771-74 1771. From original in Massa­ chusetts Historical Society. Artist unknown. Purchased under Acts 1900, ch. 297. •Sir Francis Bernard, Bart. 1760-69 - Aug. 2, 1760-Aug. 2, 1769. Thomas Gage 1774 Original pastel. Given to Gen. William H. Sumner by Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, July 1, 1857. Bequeathed by Gen. Sum­ ner; accepted April 14, 1862. The Provincial Congress 1774-75 - The Council 1775-80 - Governors elected under the Constitution. John Hancock 1780-85 Walter Gilman Page . From original by John Singleton 1787-93 Copley, in Museum of Fine Arts. Given by Mr. Page, in 1895. James Bowdoin . 1785-87 Edmund C. Tarbell From a miniature by John Singler- ton Copley, owned by Robert C. Winthrop. Purchased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89. Samuel Adams . 1794-97 Walter Gilman Page . From original by John Singleton Copley, in Museum of Fine Arts. Given by Mr. Page, in 1895. Increase Sumner 1797-99 John Johnston Original. Painted in 1792. Be­ queathed by Gen. William H. P o r t r a i t s — Continued. Governors elected under the Constitution — Continued. Term of Artist. Service. Notes. Caleb Strong 1800-07 Henry Sandham From original by Gilbert Stuart, 1812-16 owned by Rev. A. C. Thompson, D.D. Purchased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89. James Sullivan . 1807-08 Ernest L. Ipsen . From original by Gilbert Stuart, owned by Richard Sullivan. Purchased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89. Christopher Gore 1809-10 Mrs. Marie Danforth Page . From original by Trumbull in Memorial Hall, Cambridge. Pur­ chased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89. Elbridge Gerry . 1810-12 Henry Sandham From a Vanderlyn drawing and a bust in the Capitol, at Washing­ ton. Purchased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89. John Brooks 1816-23 Jacob Wagner From original by Gilbert Stuart. Given in 1892 by Francis Brooks, Shepherd Brooks, Peter C. Brooks. William Eustis 1823-25 Henry Williams . Original. Painted in 1823. Given by the “ Republican Institu­ tion” , May 16, 1874. Levi Lincoln 1825-33 Frank W. Benson From original by Chester Harding. Purchased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89. John Davis 1834, 35, From a picture painted from life by 41, 42 Francis Alexander. Given in 1892 by John Chandler Bancroft Davis, George Henry Davis, Horace Davis, John Davis, An­ drew McFarland Davis. Edward Everett . 1836, 37, Philip L. Hale From original by Stuart Newton, 38, 39 owned by the late Rev. E. E. Hale. Purchased under Re­ solves 1899, ch. 89. Marcus Morton 1840, 43 Robert Gordon Hardie Copy of portrait by W. A. Wall, from life in 1847, owned by Mar­ cus Morton, of Newtonville. Purchased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89. George N. Briggs 1844, 45, Walter M. Brackett From life in 1849. Purchased under 46, 47, Resolves 1899, ch. 89. 48, 49, 50 George S. Boutwell 1851, 52 Frederick P. Vinton . Copied from Mr. Vinton’s original from life, in Groton Public Li­ brary. Purchased under Re­ solves 1899, ch. 89. John H. Clifford 1853 Benoni Irwin From original by Matthew' Wilson, 1855. Given by Mrs. Sarah Parker Clifford in 1893. Emory Washburn 1854 William Willard . Painted in 1900, from a daguerreo­ type taken in 1854. Purchased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89. Henry J. Gardner 1855, 56, Jean Paul Selinger From life in 1890. Given by Mr. 57 Gardner, in 1893. P o r t r a i t s — • Continued. Governors elected under the Constitution —; Continued. Term of Artist. Notes. Service. Nathaniel P. Banks . 1858, 59, Daniel J. Strain . From photographs. Purchased 60 under Resolves 1899, ch. 89. John A. Andrew . 1861, 62, Darius Cobb From photograph. Given by 63,64,65 John F. Andrew in 1895. Alexander H. Bullock 1866, 67, Horace R. Burdick Painted in 1893 from original by 68 Frederick P. Vinton. Given by A. G. Bullock and Mrs. Elvira Hazard Bullock in 1895. William Claflin . 9, 70, J. Harvey Young From life. Purchased under Re­ solves 1899, ch. 89. William B. Washburn 1872-May Frank W. Benson From a photograph. Purchased 1, 1874 under Resolves 1899, ch. 89. William Gaston . Frederick P. Vinton . Copy of original by Mr. Vinton. Given by Mrs. Gaston, Dec. 18, 1895. Alexander H. Rice 1876, 77, I. Henry Caliga . From a photograph. Given by Mr. 78 Rice in 1892. Thomas Talbot . 1879 From life. Given by friends. John Davis Long 1880, 81, Edgar Parker From life. Given by friends in 82 1882. Benjamin F. Butler 1883 Walter Gilman Page . From a photograph. Purchased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89. • George D. Robinson 1884, 85, Daniel J. Strain . From a photograph. Purchased 86 under Resolves 1899, ch. 89. Oliver Ames 1887, 88, Charles A. Whipple . From photographs, in 1900. Given 89 by Mrs. Ames in July, 1900. John Q. A. Brackett 1890 Walter Gilman Page . From life. Purchased under Re­ solves 1899, ch. 89. William E. Russell 1891, 92, Edmund C. Tarbell . From photographs. Purchased under Resolves 1899, ch. 89. Frederic T. Greenhalge 1894-Mar. W. A. J. Claus From a photograph. Purchased by 5, 1896 the Executive Council, in 1898. Roger Wolcott 1897, 98, Frederick P. Vinton . From a photograph.