Surrender of Santa Anna, Texas State Capitol

The Surrender of Santa Anna, 1886, by William Huddle, 1847-92, in the South Foyer of the Texas State Capitol (where it has hung since 1891), designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The painting depicts April 22nd 1836, the day after the Battle of San Jacinto. Mexican general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna is brought before Texas General Sam Houston as a prisoner of war. Houston, wounded, rests under an oak tree while arranging an armistice with Santa Anna. To the right is Erastus Deaf Smith, a Texan scout, and captured Mexican battle flags lean against a tree. Behind Houston is Secretary of War Thomas Jefferson Rusk, who is standing next to Colonel Mirabeau B Lamar. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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