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Constantino Brumidi, Michelangelo of the United States Capitol

Illustrations

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[* Indicates real fresco.]

SENATE RECEPTION ROOM

Washington-Jefferson-Hamilton 58

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SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ROOM

* Storming of Stony Point 62

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Maidens of the Navy 35

* Washington at Valley Forge 43

PRESIDENT’S ROOM—SENATE EXTENSION

The President’s Room 17

The Cherub of Justice 24

The Winged Cherub 25

* Christopher Columbus, a portrait 21

Singing Cherubs 19

Alexander Hamilton, a portrait 27

* Religion 23

Thomas Jefferson, a portrait 57

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* Benjamin Franklin, a portrait 61

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* Legislation 64

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SENATE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ROOMS

* Telegraph 63

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* Three Graces 41

* History 37

GROUND FLOOR CORRIDORS—SENATE EXTENSION

Bronze staircase, a Brumidi design 9

Horatio Gates, a profile 69

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CHAMBER

Washington at Yorktown 59

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ROOM

* Spring 15

CAPITOL ROTUNDA

* Landing of the Pilgrims 44

* Penn’s Treaty with the Indians 45

CAPITOL DOME

The Eye of the Dome 5

* Brumidi’s Frescoed Canopy in the Eye of the Dome 49

Agriculture (Ceres) 50

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Mechanics (Vulcan) 51

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Commerce (Mercury) 52

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Marine (Neptune) 53

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Arts and Sciences (Minerva) 54

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War (Freedom) 55

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MISCELLANEOUS

Constantino Brumidi, Brady photograph Frontispiece

Mr. and Mrs. C. Brumidi, album photographs 77

Brumidi’s Grave, Glenwood Cemetery 87

Lola Germon’s Album 89

Altar Mural, St. Aloysius Church 97

The Capitol Dome 99

Working Sketch for Dome Canopy 95

Working Sketch for Three Graces 79

Working Sketch for the Landing of the Pilgrims 111

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