Supplement

READING LIST

BOOKS

Brown, Glen. History of the United States Capitol, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office, 1900-03.

Fry, Smith Dunbar. Thrilling Story of the Wonderful Capitol Building and Its Marvelous Decorations, Washington, D. C., 1911.

Fairman, Charles E. Art and Artists of the Capitol of the United States, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office, 1927 (69th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Document 95).

Fry, Smith D. Fry’s Patriotic Story of the Capitol, Washington, D. C. Rufus H. Carby Printing Company, 1911.

Hazelton, George C. The National Capitol, Its Architecture, Art, and History, New York, J. F. Taylor and Company, 1903.

Hepburn and a Commission, Documentary History of the Construction and Development of the United States Capitol Building and Grounds, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office, 1903-04 (58th Congress, 2nd Session, House Report No. 646).

Keim, De B. Randolph. Keim’s Capitol Interior and Diagrams, Washington, D. C. McGill & Witherow, 1874.

Wyeth, S. D. Description of Brumidi’s Allegorical Painting within the Canopy of the Rotunda, Washington, D. C., Gibson Bros., Printers, 1866.

Romano, Filippo Agricola, Report of Restorations of the Vatican upon Those Painted by the School of Raphael. Printing House of Crispino Puccinelli, Rome, 1842.

Dennison, Eleanor E., The Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Stanford University Press, 1942.

NEWSPAPERS

The Washington Post

“Death of Brumidi,” Feb. 20, 1880.

“Historical Frieze in Capitol Finished after Many Years,” Jan. 16, 1921.

The Washington Star

“Funeral of Constantino Brumidi,” Feb. 21, 1880.

“The President’s Room at the Capitol,” April 13, 1913.

“Artist Is Restoring Capitol’s Great Paintings,” April 13, 1919.

“Brumidi Paintings Found in Washington after a Search of Forty Years,” Nov. 2, 1919.

“Moberly Restoring Brumidi Decorations at Capitol,” Aug. 14, 1921.

The Daily Evening Telegraph

“Death of Brumidi,” Feb. 19, 1880.

“Constantino Brumidi,” Feb. 20, 1880.

The New York Daily Tribune

“The Decoration of the Capitol,” May 17, 1858.

“The Decorations of the Capitol,” Signed Guglielmo Gajani, May 31, 1858.

PUBLIC DOCUMENTS

American Artists. “Memorial to the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States,” Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office, March 3, 1859. (35th Congress, 2nd Session, Report No. 198.)

Curtis, Carlton B. “Defence of Italian Art,” Congressional Globe, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office, June 15, 1860.

Harris, Cong. “Condemning Brumidi Art,” Congressional Globe, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office, June 15, 1860.

Lovejoy, Owen. “Ridicule of Brumidi,” Congressional Globe, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office, May 19, 1858. (35th Congress, 1st Session.)

Morrill, Senator Justin S. “Eulogizing Brumidi,” Congressional Record, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office, Feb. 24, 1880.

Sheppard, Cong. Harry. “Poems by Carlyle on Brumidi,” Congressional Record, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office, March 31, 1944.

Voorhees, Senator. “Eulogizing Brumidi,” Congressional Record, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office, Feb. 24, 1880.

REPORTS OF CAPITOL ARCHITECTS

Meigs, Captain M. C.

Annual Report, Oct. 27, 1859, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office. (Completion of President’s Room.)

Walter, Thomas U.

Annual Report, Nov. 1, 1863, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office. (Beginning of Dome Canopy.)

Clark, Edward

Annual Report, Nov. 1, 1865, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office. (Completion of Dome Canopy.)

Annual Report, Nov. 1, 1870, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office. (Senate Reception Room.)

Annual Report, Nov. 1, 1871, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office. (Military Affairs Committee Room.)

Annual Report, Nov. 1, 1872, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office. (Senate Reception Room.)

Annual Report, Nov. 1, 1874, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office. (“Signing of First Treaty with Great Britain.”)

Annual Report, Nov. 1, 1875, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office. (“Session of Louisiana,” and “Bellona.”)

Annual Report, Nov. 1, 1877, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office. (Rotunda Frieze.)

Annual Report, Nov. 1, 1880, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office. (Death of Brumidi.)

Annual Report, Nov. 1, 1881, Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office. (Brumidi’s small-sized cartoons.)

MISCELLANEOUS

Brumidi Letters—Compiled by the Architect’s Office of the Capitol.

Brumidi Letters—Saved by Laurence Brumidi.

Brumidi Album—Saved by Lola Brumidi.

Brumidi Vouchers—Compiled by the Architect’s Office of the U. S. Capitol. (July 3, 1855, to Feb. 19, 1880.)

Dictionary of American Biography (Authenticated Article on Brumidi).

Encyclopedia Americana (17 lines on Brumidi).

Tighe, Josephine Gillenvater—“Brumidi, Michelangelo of the Capitol.” Fine Arts Journal, Aug. 1910.

Thieme and Becker—Short Sketch of Brumidi.

Brumidi Paintings Found in Washington after a Search of Forty Years.

BOX 1

1 Framed Picture, Five Female Figures

1 Framed Picture Panel

1 Framed Picture Panel

1 Framed Picture, Woman and Man

1 Oval Portrait (Mrs. Brumidi)

1 Large Picture, The Five Senses (Same as at Museum)

BOX 2

1 Sketch, Child Study

1 Framed Bust Portrait, Female

1 Study, Cross

1 Study, Presentation in the Temple

1 Painting, Mother and Child

1 Sleeping Child

3 Studies

1 Sketch for Dome Ceiling

1 Sketch, Transportation

1 Oval Sketch, Nuts and Trees

1 Portrait of Washington, after G. Stuart

1 Framed Study

1 Portrait Boy Franklin

1 Oval Portrait of Mrs. Brumidi

1 Portrait Study, Prayer

1 Circular Canvas, Design for Ceiling of Dome

Above list presumably compiled by Charles E. Fairman, Art Curator, U. S. Capitol, who was present at the time the boxes containing the Brumidi Paintings were opened.

BRUMIDI CAPITOL DECORATIONS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ROOM

(Old Agriculture Committee Room)

Wall Frescoes

Calling of Cincinnatus from the Plow

Calling of Putnam from the Plow to the Revolution

Ceiling Fresco Groups

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Medallion Heads in oil (wall)

Washington

Jefferson

Scenes in Oil (wall)

Cutting Grain with a Sickle

Harvesting Grain with a McCormick Reaper

“Painted in 1855” (from a statement left by Brumidi)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CHAMBER

Wall painting (working sketch saved by Lola Germon)

“Washington at Yorktown receiving the officer sent by Cornwallis to ask a two days’ cessation of hostilities.”

“C. Brumidi, artist, Citizen of the U.S.”

Letter to Superintendent of Capitol Extension, December 14, 1857

PRESIDENT’S ROOM, SENATE EXTENSION

Symbolic Fresco Groups (ceiling Madonnas)

Executive Authority

Legislation

Liberty

Religion

Life-size Ceiling Portraits in Fresco

Brewster (Religion)

Columbus (Discovery)

Franklin (History)

Vespucius (Exploration)

Ceiling to Floor Panels with Portraits of Washington’s First Cabinet

Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State

Edmund Randolph, Attorney General

Henry Knox, Secretary of War

Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of Treasury

Samuel Osgood, Postmaster General

Oil Portrait of George Washington (decorative)

“Will be finished by the next meeting of Congress” (From Architect’s Report, Oct. 27, 1859)

CAPITOL DOME

Apotheosis of Washington (Fresco)

(working sketch sold in 1925 auction)

Washington

Freedom

Victory

13 Female Figures

Emblematic Groups (Fresco)

Agriculture (Ceres)

Mechanics (Vulcan)

Commerce (Mercury)

Marine (Neptune)

Arts and Sciences (Minerva)

War (Freedom)

“C. Brumidi, 1865”

Architect’s Report, November 1, 1865

SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ROOMS

SOUTH ROOM (OLD MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ROOM)

Large Lunettes (Wall Frescoes)

Boston Massacre, 1770

Battle of Lexington, 1775 (working sketch saved by Capt. Meigs)

Death of Wooster, 1777

Washington at Valley Forge, 1778

Storming of Stony Point, 1779 (working sketch saved by Capt. Meigs)

Frescoed Ceiling

Victors’ Wreaths, Shields, and Emblems of War

Medallion Head of Liberty

NORTH ROOM (OLD NAVAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ROOM)

9 Panels in oil (walls)

Female figures with Navy attributes

Ceiling Frescoes

Marine Gods and Goddesses

Ancient Porticoes in oil (wall)

Architect’s Report, November 1, 1871

Letter to Architect Clark, May 1, 1871

SENATE RECEPTION ROOM

(Name not changed)

Allegorical Groupings in Fresco (ceiling)

Groined Arch (working sketch saved by Capt. Meigs)

Liberty

Plenty

War

Peace

Circular Arch

Prudence

Justice

Temperance

Strength

Panels in chiaroscuro (walls)

Decorative Figures

Wall Centerpiece in Oil (working sketch owned by Warrenton House)

Washington in Consultation with Jefferson and Hamilton

Architect’s Report, November 1, 1872

Letter to Architect Clark, May 1, 1871

SENATE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ROOMS

LARGE ROOM (DECORATED FOR SENATE LIBRARY)

Allegorical Groups (Ceiling Frescoes)

Geography

History (working sketch saved by Lola Germon)

Telegraph (working sketch sold at 1925 auction)

Decorative Groups (Ceiling Frescoes)

Three maidens each (working sketch saved by Lola Germon)

SMALL ROOM (OLD SERGEANT AT ARMS OFFICE)

Allegorical Designs (Wall Frescoes)

Secession and Products of North and South

War and Strife

Rods United—“E Pluribus Unum”

Implements of War Destroyed

Ceiling Fresco

“Columbia Welcoming the South Back into the Union” (working sketch sold in 1925 auction)

“C. Brumidi, 1876.”

Architect’s Report, November 1, 1875

CORRIDORS, GROUND FLOOR, SENATE ANNEX

SOUTH CORRIDOR

8 Studies in oil (Animals)

8 Ovals in oil (U. S. Shields)

“PATENT CORRIDOR”

Wall Frescoes

Robert Fulton (called also “Palisades of the Hudson”)

John Fitch (working on model of steamboat)

Benjamin Franklin (in his laboratory)

Brumidi Voucher, 1873

NORTH CORRIDOR

Profiles in oil (Medallions in wall Panels)

Jonathan Trumbull

Daniel Morgan

Israel Putnam

Horatio Gates

Thomas Mifflin

Silas Deane

Joseph Warren

Richard Montgomery

Thomas Jefferson

Benjamin Franklin

Large Fresco, “Signing of the First Treaty of Peace with Great Britain, 1782”

John Adams

Benjamin Franklin

John Jay

Henry Laurens

Richard Oswald (for Great Britain)

Large Fresco, “Cession of Louisiana”

Robert Livingston

James Monroe

Barbe-Marbois (for France)

Architect’s Reports, November 1, 1874, and November 1, 1875

WEST CORRIDOR

13 Oval Landscapes in Oil (Walls and Ceiling)

12 Signs of the Zodiac (ceiling)

Profiles in oil (Medallions in wall Panels)

John Hancock

Francis Hopkins

Robert Livingston

Roger Sherman

John Jay

Robert Morris

Charles Thompson

Charles Carroll

Large Fresco, Bellona, Roman Goddess of War

Vaulted Ceilings, Walls and Pilasters (Style of 15th Century)

Architect’s Report, November 1, 1875

MAIN CORRIDOR

14 Oval Landscapes in Oil (Walls and Ceiling)

Large Portraits in Oil (Walls)

Justice Story

Chancellor Kent

Profiles in Oil

Andrew Jackson

Henry Clay

Imitation Sculpture

Chancellor Livingston

Brumidi Voucher, August 21, 1878

THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ROOM

Large Medallions (Profiles of Committee Chairmen)

North wall—Henry Clay, Chairman, 1834 to 1836

South wall—William S. Allen, Chairman, 1845 to 1846

East wall—Simon E. Cameron, Chairman, 1871 to 1877

West wall—Charles W. Sumner, Chairman, 1861 to 1871

Brumidi Voucher, June 21, 1874

CAPITOL ROTUNDA

Frieze Frescoes in Imitation Sculpture

(Seven finished by Brumidi)

Landing of Columbus 1492

Entry of Cortez into Mexico 1521

Pizarro’s Conquest of Peru 1533

Midnight Burial of DeSoto 1541

Pocahontas Saving John Smith 1606

Landing of the Pilgrims 1620

Penn’s Treaty with the Indians 1682

Frieze Frescoes in Imitation Sculpture

(Original Designs made by Brumidi)

Scene in Plymouth Colony 1620

Peace Treaty, Oglethorpe and the Indians 1732

Battle of Lexington 1775

Reading of The Declaration of Independence 1776

Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown 1781

Death of Tecumseh 1813

General Scott’s Entry into Mexico 1847

Discovery of Gold in California 1848

Architect’s Reports, October 1, 1877; October 1, 1880; October 1, 1884

BRUMIDI VOUCHERS

1855

July 3, 1855—Fresco work, extension of U. S. Capitol, April 1 to June 30, 1855; 78 days @ $8 per day—$624.00

Aug. 2, 1855—Fresco work, extension U. S. Capitol, July 1 to July 31, 1855; 26 days @ $8 per day—$208.00

Nov. 30, 1855—Fresco work, extension U. S. Capitol, Aug. 1 to Nov. 30, 1855; 105 days @ $8 per day—$840.00

1856

Mar. 4, 1856—Fresco work, Agricultural Committee Room, Dec. 1, 1855, to Feb. 11, 1856; 62 days @ $8 per day—$496.00

Color and Brushes, Agricultural Com. Room; 8 paintings @ $13.50—$108.00

Fresco work, extension U. S. Capitol, Feb. 12 to Feb. 29, 1856; 16 days @ $8 per day—$128.00

June 26, 1856—Designs and cartoons, Capitol Extension, Ceiling Fresco work, March 1 to 31 May, 1856; 79 days @ $8—$632.00

1857

Jan. 9, 1857—Fresco work, extension U. S. Capitol, June 12 to Dec. 31, 1856; 183 days @ $8 per day—$1,464.00

July 6, 1857—Fresco work, extension U. S. Capitol, April 1 to June 30, 1857; 78 days @ $10 per day—$780.00

Nov. 4, 1857—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, Sept. 1 to Oct. 31, 1857; 53 days @ $10 per day—$530.00

Dec. 4, 1857—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, Nov. 1 to Nov. 30, 1857; 25 days @ $10 per day—$250.00

1858

Jan. 6, 1858—Painting rooms, U. S. Capitol Extension, Dec. 1 to Dec. 31, 1857; 27 days @ $10 per day—$270.00

Feb. 3, 1858—Painting rooms, U. S. Capitol Extension, Jan. 1 to Jan. 31, 1858; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00

Mar. 5, 1858—Painting rooms, U. S. Capitol Extension, Feb. 1 to Feb. 28, 1858; 24 days @ $10 per day—$240.00

Mar. 31, 1858—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, Mar 1 to Mar 31, 1858; 27 days @ $10 per day—$270.00

Sept. 1, 1858—Painting rooms, U. S. Capitol Extension, Aug. 1 to Aug. 31, 1858; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00

Sept. 30, 1858—Painting rooms, U. S. Capitol Extension, Sept. 1 to Sept. 30, 1858; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00

Nov. 1, 1858—Painting rooms, U. S. Capitol Extension, Oct. 1 to Oct. 31, 1858; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00

Dec. 1, 1858—Painting rooms, U. S. Capitol Extension, Nov. 1 to Nov. 30, 1858; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00

1859

Jan. 1, 1859—For services during month of December, 1858; 27 days @ $10 per day—$270.00

Feb. 1, 1859—For services during month of January, 1859; 27 days @ 10 per day—$270.00 (One day overpaid. Corrected in Mar. voucher)

Mar. 1, 1859—For services during month of February, 1859; 24 days @ $10 per day—$240.00

Mar. 31, 1859—For services during month of March, 1859; 27 days @ $10 per day—$270.00 (Less 1 day overpaid in January)—$260.00

May 1, 1859—For services during month of April, 1859; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00

June 1, 1859—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, May 1 to May 31, 1859; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00

Aug. 1, 1859—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, July 1 to July 31, 1859; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00

Sept. 1, 1859—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, Aug. 1 to Aug. 31, 1859; 27 days @ $10 per day—$270.00

Oct. 1, 1859—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, Sept. 1 to Sept. 30, 1859; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00

Nov. 1, 1859—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, Oct. 1 to Oct. 31, 1859; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00

Dec. 1, 1859—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, Nov. 1 to Nov. 30, 1859; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00

1860

Jan. 2, 1860—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, Dec. 1 to Dec. 31, 1859; 27 days @ $10 per day—$270.00

Feb. 1, 1860—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, Jan. 1 to Jan. 31, 1860; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00

Mar. 1, 1860—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, Feb. 1 to Feb. 29, 1860; 25 days @ $10 per day—$250.00

Apr. 6, 1860—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, Mar. 1 to Mar. 31, 1860; 27 days @ $10 per day—$270.00

May 1, 1860—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, Apr. 1 to Apr. 30, 1860; 25 days @ $10 per day—$250.00

June 1, 1860—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, May 1 to May 31, 1860; 27 days @ $10 per day—$270.00

July 2, 1860—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, June 1 to June 30, 1860; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00

Aug. 1, 1860—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, July 1 to July 31, 1860; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00

Sept. 1, 1860—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, Aug. 1 to Aug 31, 1860; 27 days @ $10 per day—$270.00

Oct. 1, 1860—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, Sept. 1 to Sept. 30, 1860; 25 days @—$10 per day—$250.00

Nov. 1, 1860—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, Oct. 1 to Oct. 31, 1860; 27 days @ $10 per day—$270.00

Dec. 1, 1860—Fresco work, U. S. Capitol Extension, Nov. 1 to Nov. 30, 1860; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00

1860—Vouchers Nos. 21, 12, $4,000.00 (For work on Dome Canopy cartoons)

1861

Jan. 1, 1861—For services in painting from Dec. 1 to Dec. 31, 1860; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00

Feb. 1, 1861—For services in painting from Jan. 1 to Jan. 31, 1861; 27 days @ $10 per day—$270.00

Feb. 28, 1861—For services in painting from Feb. 1 to Feb. 28, 1861; 24 days @ $10 per day—$240.00

Apr. 1, 1861—For services in painting from Mar. 1 to Mar. 31, 1861; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00

May 1, 1861—For services in painting from Apr. 1 to Apr. 30, 1861; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00

June 1, 1861—For services in painting from May 1 to May 31, 1861; 27 days @ $10 per day—$270.00

1863

Aug. 4, 1863—For work on Cartoons for fresco painting over the eye of the new Dome—$2,000.00

Aug. 4, 1863—For services, painting in fresco, from May 9 to June 30, 1863; 45 days @ $10 per day—$450.00. Less income tax, 45 days @ 24c per day—$10.80—$439.20

Aug. 31, 1863—For work on Cartoons for fresco painting on canopy over the eye of the New Dome—$2,000.00

Sept. 30, 1863—For work on Cartoons for fresco painting on canopy over the eye of the New Dome—$2,000.00

1864

Dec. 3, 1864—For work on Cartoons for fresco painting on canopy over the eye of the New Dome—$1,000.00

Dec. 3, 1864—For services, painting in fresco in Sergeant-at-arms room, U. S. Senate, from July 1 to July 31, 1863; 26 days @ $10 per day—$260.00. Less income tax of $10.49—$249.51

1865

Aug. 1, 1865—For work on the Fresco painting over the Eye of the New Dome, month of July—$2,000.00

Aug. 31, 1865—For work on the Fresco Painting over the Eye of the New Dome, month of August—$2,000.00

Dec. 1, 1865—For work on the Fresco Painting over the Eye of the New Dome, from Sept. 1 to date—$2,000.00. Vouchers 21, 5, 11—$2,500,00.

1866

Apr. 18, 1866—For work on the Fresco Painting over the Eye of the New Dome from Dec. 1, 1865, to Jan. 16, 1866—$2,500.00. Vouchers 1, 6, 7, 8—$8,000.00

June 9, 1866—Balance of contract price of $40,000 for Dome Canopy, less $500.00 retained until Picture is properly toned and blended—$9,500.00

1867

Nov. 20, 1867—For finishing the ceiling of the Post Office Room of the U. S. Senate, as per authority of the Secretary of the Interior, dated Aug 13, 1866, for designing and painting three panels and three corner groups of figures, all in real Fresco—$4,989.00

1870

Nov. 22, 1870—For decorating South wall of Senate Reception Room—$1,000.00

1871

May 7, 1871—For approximate estimate for painting one panel in the Room on Military Affairs of U. S. Senate—$500.00

July 8, 1871—For approximate estimate for painting one panel in the room of Military Affairs of the U. S. Senate—$250.00

July 17, 1871—For decorating one Lunette on the South wall of the Senate Reception Room—$1,000.00

Aug. 28, 1871—For approximate estimate for painting in fresco on walls and ceiling of Senate Committee Room on Military Affairs—$1,000.00

Oct. 19, 1871—For painting in fresco 3 panels in Committee Room on Military Affairs, Senate Wing, U. S. Capitol, viz: Washington at Valley Forge, Storming of Stony Point, Boston Massacre, @ $1,000 each—$3,000.00

For painting in Fresco 3 groups of children over doorways—$300.00

Nov. 23, 1871—For decorating three panels consisting of figures and medallions in the Reception Room of U. S. Senate—$2,000.00

1872

Nov. 2, 1872—For approximate estimate for painting medallion in Committee Room of Foreign Affairs of the Senate and for decorating the Senate Reception Room—$250.00

Nov. 29, 1872—For approximate estimate for painting picture of Washington, Jefferson, and Hamilton on the walls of the Senate Reception Room—$250.00

1873

May 26, 1873—For approximate estimate for painting portraits of Washington, Jefferson and Hamilton on the walls of the Senate Reception Room—$500.00

Nov. 28, 1873—For painting in Fresco the picture of Robert Fulton in the Senate Wing, in passage in front of the room of Committee on Patents—$500.00

1874

June 21, 1874—For painting four medallion portraits in the Committee Room of Foreign Affairs, U. S. Senate, @ $50 each—$200.00

Nov. 11, 1874—For painting in Fresco over the entrance of the room of the Committee of Foreign Affairs, the picture of the Signing of the First Treaty with Great Britain—$600.00

Painting a medallion bust in the same room—$50.00

1877

TIME BOOK ENTRIES

March1877—12½ days @ $10 per day—$125.00

April1877—12½ days @ $10 per day—$125.00

May1877—15½ days @ $10 per day—$155.00

June1877—13 days @ $10 per day—$130.00

July1877—25 days @ $10 per day—$250.00

Aug.1877—27 days @ $10 per day—$270.00

Sept.1877—25 days @ $10 per day—$250.00

Oct.1877—27 days @ $10 per day—$270.00

Nov.1877—25 days @ $10 per day—$250.00

Dec.1877—13 days @ $10 per day—$130.00

1878

TIME BOOK ENTRIES

Jan.1878—13½days @ $10 per day—$135.00

Feb.1878—12days @ $10 per day—$120.00

Mar.1878—13days @ $10 per day—$130.00

Apr.1878—26days @ $10 per day—$260.00

May1878—27days @ $10 per day—$270.00

June1878—25days @ $10 per day—$250.00

July1878—26days @ $10 per day—$260.00

Aug.1878—27days @ $10 per day—$270.00

Sept.1878—25days @ $10 per day—$250.00

Oct.1878—16½days @ $10 per day—$165.00

Nov.1878—26days @ $10 per day—$260.00

Dec.1878—25days @ $10 per day—$250.00

Aug. 24, 1878—For painting in Fresco the portraits of Justice Story, Chancellor Kent, at North end of Basement story—$400.00

For painting Bust in light and shade of Chancellor Livingston at same location—$100.00

1879

TIME BOOK ENTRIES

Jan.1879—27 days @ $10 perday—$270.00

Feb.1879—24 days @ $10 perday—$240.00

Mar.1879—26 days @ $10 perday—$260.00

Apr.1879—26 days @ $10 perday—$260.00

May1879—26 days @ $10 perday—$260.00

June1879—25 days @ $10 perday—$250.00

July1879—26 days @ $10 perday—$260.00

Aug.1879—24 days @ $10 perday—$240.00

Sept.1879—26 days @ $10 perday—$260.00

Oct.1879—27 days @ $10 perday—$270.00

Nov.1879—25 days @ $10 perday—$250.00

Dec.1879—26 days @ $10 perday—$260.00

1880

TIME BOOK ENTRY

Jan. 1880—27 days @ $10 per day—$270.00

BRUMIDI EARNINGS BY YEARS

1855$ 1,672.00

18561,364.00

18573,024.00

18582,080.00

18592,870.00

18607,140.00

18611,560.00

18636,439.20

18641,249.51

18658,500.00

186620,000.00

18674,989.00

18701,000.00

18718,050.00

1872500.00

18731,000.00

1874850.00

18771,955.00

18783,120.00

18793,080.00

1880270.00

Grand Total $80,712.71

WORKING SKETCHES FOR THE ROTUNDA FRIEZE RECENTLY FOUND

The availability of the priceless scroll of working sketches for the Rotunda Frieze has been too late for detailed study at this time and almost too late for a place in this Brumidi book. However, the sketch of the Landing of the Pilgrims reproduced above gives the reader an opportunity to make his own comparisons between one working sketch and its actual rendition in fresco on the belt encircling the Rotunda of the Capitol, as appears on page forty-four.

James H. Rowe, grandnephew of Lola Germon, owns these working sketches for the Rotunda Frieze. The groupings, as planned by Brumidi and sketched on a long and narrow piece of brown wrapping paper, frequently spliced, bears the Brumidi signature and is dated 1859. This prize scroll, thirteen inches wide and some thirty feet long, was given to Mr. Rowe by his grand aunt, Lola Germon. It has been well protected.

The outline drawings themselves are executed in sepia water color with shadows in black and high lights in white. The original titles given to these scroll groupings and written by Brumidi in pencil beneath each sketch vary somewhat from the list preserved in the Architect’s office of the Capitol, yet the subject matter is essentially the same. Brumidi’s title for this “vast conception,” so far as I know, appears in no other record.

At the beginning of the scroll is the artist’s own penciled legend for the Rotunda Frieze, “America and History.”

THIS STUDY OF “Constantino Brumidi, MICHELANGELO OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL,” WAS PUBLISHED BY THE MONUMENTAL PRESS, INC., WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 1950.