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          ArtTelegraph Centennial PlaqueBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012Text of the Plaque: WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT! 1791 1872 SAMUEL F.B. MORSE THE INVENTOR ON MAY 24 1844 IN THE OLD SUPREME COURT ROOM - NOW THE LAW LIBRARY IN THE CAPITOL - SENT THE ABOVE MESSAGE TO BALTIMORE MARYLAND BY THE FIRST ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH INSTRUMENT ON MAY 24 1944 THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH
    ArtMasonic Commemorative Cornerstone PlaqueBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012
    ArtLyndon B. Johnson Room PlaqueBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012
    ArtJohn F. Kennedy Room PlaqueBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012
    ArtIn God We Trust PlaqueBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012
    ArtGeorge Washington's Houses PlaqueBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012
    ArtFirst Senate Chamber in the Capitol PlaqueBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012
    ArtFirst Library of Congress PlaqueBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012
    ArtFirst Meeting Place of the House of Representatives in the Capitol PlaqueBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012This tablet marks the first meeting place of the House of Representatives in the Capitol.
    ArtDeclaration of Independence PlaqueBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012
    ArtCornerstone Centennial PlaqueBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012
    ArtCivil War Troops Quartered in the Capitol PlaqueBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012This plaque identifies specific troops quartered in the United States Capitol during the 1800s.
    ArtCannon House Office Building PlaqueBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012
    ArtChestnut-Gibson PlaqueBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012Memorial plaque honoring two members of the U.S. Capitol Police who died in the line of duty.
    ArtPreservation of Captain Smith by Pocahontas, 1606, Relief SculptureBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012Above each of the four Rotunda doors in the U.S. Capitol are scenes from the history of the American Colonies carved in relief into the sandstone walls. The three sculptors who decorated the Rotunda were employed during the rebuilding of the Capitol after the fire of 1814 . Between the historic
    ArtLanding of the Pilgrims, 1620, Relief SculptureBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012Above each of the four Rotunda doors in the U.S. Capitol are scenes from the history of the American Colonies carved in relief into the sandstone walls. The three sculptors who decorated the Rotunda were employed during the rebuilding of the Capitol after the fire of 1814 . Between the historic
    ArtWilliam Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1682, Relief SculptureBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012Above each of the four Rotunda doors in the U.S. Capitol are scenes from the history of the American Colonies carved in relief into the sandstone walls. The three sculptors who decorated the Rotunda were employed during the rebuilding of the Capitol after the fire of 1814 . Between the historic
    ArtConflict of Daniel Boone and the Indians, 1773, Relief SculptureBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012Above each of the four Rotunda doors in the U.S. Capitol are scenes from the history of the American Colonies carved in relief into the sandstone walls. The three sculptors who decorated the Rotunda were employed during the rebuilding of the Capitol after the fire of 1814 . Between the historic
    ArtRené Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle Relief SculptureBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012Above four of the large Rotunda paintings in the U.S. Capitol are decorative panels of wreaths and portraits of early explorers carved in relief into the sandstone walls. The three sculptors who decorated the Rotunda were employed during the rebuilding of the Capitol after the fire of 1814 . Between
    ArtSir Walter Raleigh Relief SculptureBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012Above four of the large Rotunda paintings in the U.S. Capitol are decorative panels of wreaths and portraits of early explorers carved in relief into the sandstone walls. The three sculptors who decorated the Rotunda were employed during the rebuilding of the Capitol after the fire of 1814 . Between
    ArtChristopher Columbus Relief SculptureBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012Above four of the large Rotunda paintings in the U.S. Capitol are decorative panels of wreaths and portraits of early explorers carved in relief into the sandstone walls. The three sculptors who decorated the Rotunda were employed during the rebuilding of the Capitol after the fire of 1814 . Between
    ArtJohn Cabot Relief SculptureBy Sarah Davis|February 15, 2012Above four of the large Rotunda paintings in the U.S. Capitol are decorative panels of wreaths and portraits of early explorers carved in relief into the sandstone walls. The three sculptors who decorated the Rotunda were employed during the rebuilding of the Capitol after the fire of 1814 . Between
    ArtSolon, Relief PortraitBy Sarah Davis|February 9, 2012Solon (c. 638-559 B.C.) Athenian statesman. Author of constitutional and legal reforms.
    ArtFrieze of American HistoryBy Sarah Davis|February 9, 2012The Frieze of American History in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol contains a painted panorama depicting significant events in American history.
    ArtTribonian, Relief PortraitBy Sarah Davis|February 9, 2012Tribonian (c. 500-547) Byzantine jurist. Head of the commission that codified the laws under Justinian I.
    ArtSir William Blackstone, Relief PortraitBy Sarah Davis|February 7, 2012Sir William Blackstone (1723-1780) English jurist. Professor of common law at Oxford; author of Commentaries on the Laws of England, which had considerable influence on the importation and adaptation of English common law in America.
    ArtMartin Luther King Jr. BustBy Sarah Davis|February 6, 2012The bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has been on display in the Capitol Rotunda since 1986. The bronze sculpture is 36 inches high on a 66-inch high Belgian black marble base.
    ArtSuleiman, Relief PortraitBy Sarah Davis|February 5, 2012Suleiman (1494-1566) Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Reformed and improved civil and military codes; united a group of unstable territories into an empire.
    ArtRelief Portrait Plaques of LawgiversBy Sarah Davis|February 5, 2012The Relief Portraits of Lawgivers depict historical figures noted for their work in establishing the principles that underlie American law.
    ArtDiscovery of the Mississippi by De SotoBy Sarah Davis|January 17, 2012William Henry Powell’s canvas shows Spanish conquistador and explorer Hernando De Soto riding a white horse and dressed in Renaissance finery arriving at the Mississippi River.
    
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