About William Huddle

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William Henry Huddell
  • Biography

    The following biography is based on a draft of a manuscript titled WILLIAM HENRY HUDDLE, HIS FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES, by Skipper Steely of Paris, Texas:

    Over 700 visitors per day walk into the Texas Capitols south entrance in Austin, look to the left, and are struck by the huge William Henry Huddle "Surrender of Santa Anna" painting. To the right is a large portrait of Alamo defender Davey Crockett, also by Huddle. In fact, as guests roam the Texas pink granite building, they see twenty-nine other works by Huddle hung on the walls.

    Up and then around the rotunda are a set of the Republic of Texas presidents, and the first 17 governors who served after the country was annexed into the Union in 1846. The House and Senate chamber...

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