Academia Nacional de San Carlos de México, 50 

Accademia di San Luca, 3, 15, 25, 31, 50, 173 

Adoration of the Magi (Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul,

Philadelphia), 159 

Adoration of the Shepherds (Cathedral of SS. Peter and

Paul, Philadelphia), 159 

Agricola, Filippo, 15, 16–17 

“Agriculture” (Apotheosis of Washington), 134

Agriculture Committee Room See House Appropriations

Committee Room (H–144) 

An Allegory of the North and South (Terry), 162 

American Party See Know-Nothing Party 

Antonelli, Giacomo, Cardinal, 22 

Apotheosis of Washington, ii, 1, 19, 47, 124–138, 124,

132, 142–143, 157, 172 

conservation of, 132, 181, 185, 186, 187–201, 192,

194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202

details of, 11, 124, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134,

135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 200, 201, 202

iconography of, 148–149 

studies for, 142–145, 142, 143, 144, 194–195 

See also Capitol, United States, dome; Rotunda 

The Apparition of Our Lord to St. Margaret Mary (Visitation Convent, Washington, D.C.), 159 

Assumption of the Virgin (Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul,

Philadelphia), 159 

Assumption of the Virgin (Church of St. Stephen, New

York), 159 

Assumption of the Virgin (painting exhibited in Mexico), 50 

Attucks, Crispus, portrait of, 106, 108

Aurora (Reni), Brumidi copy of, 6, 159 

Authority Consults the Written Law, 82, 83, 160 

Bancroft, George, History of the Colonization of the

United States, 163 

Baptism of Pocahontas (Chapman), 146, 147 

Bartholomé de Las Casas, 82, 83, 84, 160 

Basset, Isaac, 159 

Baths of Titus See Domus Aurea (Rome, Italy) 

Battle of Lexington, 105, 106, 107

oil sketch for, 106

Baudin, Edmond, 80 

Baumgras, Peter, 75, 93, 222 

Beckert, Joseph, 127 

Bellona, Roman Goddess of War, 82, 82, 160 

Bemis, Emery, portrait of, 49 

Bemis, Susan Pickering, portrait of, 60n3 

Bennitt family, 49 

birds and animals, depictions of, 4, 4, 73, 75–78, 80–81,

86n32, 96, 210 

Bisco, Camillo, 69, 75, 78, 100, 105, 222 

Blair, Mrs. Elaine Hale, 33n12 

The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on

March 5th 1770, by a party of the 29th Reg. (engraving), 108

The Boston Massacre, 1770, 105–106, 108

Brewster, William, portrait of, 120 

Briggs, Robert, 66 

Brown, B. Gratz, 112 

Brown, Glenn, History of the United States Capitol, 86n22 

Brown, Henry Kirke, 92, 92, 95 

Brown, Mrs. Ashmun, 122n4 

Brumidi, Clara Scarselli, 8 

Brumidi, Constantino, 1, 63, 157, 170

allegory in work of, 1, 6–7, 17, 19, 21, 57, 77, 82,

100, 102, 111–115, 118, 148–149, 160–162 

American themes in work of, 1, 7, 10–11, 80–81, 96,

105–109, 111–112, 116, 118, 127–129, 141,

148–149, 152–153, 163–166 

appearance and character of, 3, 7, 157–158 

Bible of, 7, 49

and Capitol extensions, 41–42 

church commissions of, 9, 16–17, 20–21, 31, 50–51,

157, 158–159 

and the Civil War, 127–129, 141, 161–162 

and Clark, 100, 131, 161, 195 

classical style of, 1, 7, 12, 66, 69–73, 69, 141 

See also Brumidi, Constantino, sources for work of 

commemorative plaque for, 171

and commissions from prominent families, 49–50, 157,

159 

death of, 153, 157, 164–166, 171 

designs for Rotunda, 142–154, 157 

education and training of, 1, 3, 6–7, 15, 25 

family of, 4, 7–8, 15–16, 23n5, 125, 165, 172 

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Pages in bold refer to illustrations
Calling of Cincinnatus from the Plow, 54, 58

Calling of Putnam from the Plow to the Revolution, 58,

59, 94 

Campitelli, Alberta, 19 

Camuccini, Vincenzo, 6, 15, 16–17 

Hecuba Recovers Paris, 6 

canopy of Capitol dome See Apotheosis of Washington

Canova, Antonio, 15 

Capellano, Antonio, 147 

portrait of Washington by, 11, 128

sculpture in the Rotunda by, 146–148 

Capitol, United States, 34, 36, 125

and acoustics issue, 35–36 

artists involved with, 63–66, 75, 141, 221–223 

bicentennial of in 1993, 178 

dome of, 46, 47, 126, 126, 132, 141, 142–145,

145, 146, 147(diagram) 

See also Apotheosis of Washington; Rotunda 

expansion of, 35–47, 37, 38, 39, 125 

See also individual rooms and corridors

Caretti, Giovan Battista, 19 

Carracci, Guercino Annibale, 12n6 

Carstens, Emmerich, 61n44, 65, 66, 72, 78, 96, 105,

124, 141, 160, 222 

ceiling of north entry to Brumidi Corridors by, 78, 79

murals for the Judiciary Committee of the Senate

(S–126) by, 64

Casali, Frederick, 7 

Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul (Philadelphia), 9, 159 

Causici, Enrico, sculpture in the Rotunda by, 146–148, 153 

Cession of Louisiana, 81, 81, 160 

Challenger (space shuttle), depiction of by Charles

Schmidt, 75 

Chapman, John, 52, 60n16 

Baptism of Pocahontas, 146, 147 

Chappel, Alonzo, 87n37 

Christopher Columbus, 120, 120

Church of the Madonna dell’Archetto (Rome, Italy),

20–21, 21

ceiling murals in, 14, 21

Church of St. Stephen (New York City), 51, 159 

Church of San Marcello al Corso (Rome, Italy), 31 

Cincinnatus, depictions of, 54, 54, 58 

Civil War, 124, 127, 141, 161–162 

Clark, Edward, 129, 129

and Brumidi, 100, 131, 161, 171, 195 

and frieze of American history, 163, 167n39, 173 

replaces Walter, 47, 129 

classical wall painting, 3, 141 See also Pompeian style 

Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice (for conservators), 182 

Brumidi, Constantino —Continued

health of, 157–158, 164–165 

imprisonment of in Italy, 9, 21–22, 49 

interest in technology of, 11, 12 

knowledge of architecture of, 31–33 

last years of, 157–166 

life in Italy, 15–22 

and Meigs, 49, 51–54, 57, 58, 63–64, 79, 91–93,

129–131, 152, 159 

in Mexico, 50, 60n8 

overpainting of work of, 178, 198, 205–211 

painting techniques of, 19, 25–33, 27, 28, 29, 30,

31–33, 31, 66, 75–76, 191, 193–199, 194, 195, 208 

patriotism of, 1, 9–10, 49, 91, 118, 127–129 

payments to, 17, 19, 64, 87n37, 96, 100, 124,

126–127, 127, 157, 159, 161, 163, 166 

and politics, 9 

portrait painting of, 20, 49–50, 58, 78, 80, 112, 120,

160 

and relationships with other painters, 63–66 

and the republican revolution in Rome, 9, 22 

reputation of, 3, 21, 45, 47, 57, 91–96, 125, 131,

177–178 

residences of, 8–9, 13n26 

sculpture of, 19, 31–32 

sources for work of, 3–4, 6–7, 73, 82, 126, 132, 162 

See also Brumidi, Constantino, classical style of 

status of, 63–64 

and Walter, 46–47, 95–96, 125–126, 130–131 

work in the Palazzo Torlonia by, 5, 18–19, 18, 32 

work in the Vatican by, 16–17, 16, 17

work in the Villa Torlonia by, 3, 6, 19, 30 

See also titles of individual works in the Capitol and

elsewhere

Brumidi Corridors, vii, 73–85, 73, 74, 94, 205–212 

conservation of, 205–208, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209,

210, 211

details of, 4, 11, 65, 76, 77, 85, 96, 205, 209, 210,

211

north entry of, 78, 79, 204

overpainting of, 205–211 

See also Patent Corridor; Zodiac Corridor 

Brumidi, Giuseppe Rafaello, 4, 12n20, 16 

Brumidi, Laurence, 7, 8, 12n26, 165, 172, 172

Brumidi, Lola Germon, 8, 8, 9, 12n24, 13n26, 97n7, 172 

Brumidi, Maria Elena, 7–8, 8, 16 

Brumidi Staircases, 32, 80, 80

brushes, sketch of, 29 

Buchanan, James, 95 

Bulfinch, Charles, 146, 155n8 

buon fresco See true fresco 

Butti, Guido, 7 

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Coghetti, Francisco, 60n6 

Columbia Welcoming the South Back into the Union,

162, 162

Columbus, Christopher, portraits of, 67, 82, 120, 120, 160 

Columbus and the Indian Maiden, 67, 82, 82, 160 

“Commerce” (Apotheosis of Washington), 136

Committee on Territories room (H–128), 67

conservation, 178, 181, 181

of Apotheosis of Washington, 132, 181, 187–201 

of fresco, 132, 181–185, 187–201 

of the frieze of American history, 187–193 

of House Appropriations Committee Room (H–144), 58 

Corcoran, William, 57 

Cornelius and Baker (firm), 120 

Cornwallis Sues for Cessation of Hostilities under the Flag

of Truce, 90–91, 90

detail, 91

“Cortez and Montezuma at the Aztec Temple,” 50 

Costaggini, Filippo, 141, 149, 153, 155n10, 164, 166n9,

173–174, 173, 178, 181, 187, 188, 191 

Costaggini, Louis, 166n9 

Covaluzzi, Maria, 7, 16 

Cox, Allyn, 177, 182, 197–199 

and Apotheosis of Washington, 193–194 

compared to Brumidi, 149 

First Landing on the Moon, 75 

and frieze of American history, 164, 176, 178,

187–190 

repairs Cornwallis Sues for Cessation of Hostilities under

the Flag of Truce, 91 

Crawford, Thomas, 49, 52–53, 149, 163 

The Crayon (art magazine), 92, 94, 95 

Crucifixion (Academy of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale,

New York), 159 

Crucifixion (Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia), 9, 159 

Crucifixion (Church of St. Stephen, New York), 158, 159 

Cumberland, Francis, 84 

Cunningham, Ron, 181, 181

Cunningham-Adams, Christiana, 33n1, 121, 122n31,

123n38 & 40 

Darley, Felix O.C., 66, 105 

Davis, Jefferson, 38, 39, 44–45, 57, 95, 105, 111,

127–129, 163 

Davis, Theodore R., Interior of the House of Representatives at Washington—the House in Session, 1868, 88

Death of General Montgomery, 107

oil sketch for, 106

Death of General Wooster, 1777, 105, 106, 109

Declaration of Independence in Congress (Trumbull), 146,

147, 152 

Dempf, Anthony, 75 

Discovery of Gold in California, 164 

Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto (Powell), 146, 147,

155n7 

distemper See tempera 

Domus Aurea (Rome, Italy), 2, 3, 69 

Douglas, Stephen, 57 

Durand, John, 92, 154n3 

Easby, William, 37 

Eastman, Seth, 52 

copy of sketch by, 53

“Emancipation Proclamation” (Costaggini), sketch for, 176

Embarkation of the Pilgrims (Weir), 146, 147, 155n7 

Executive Authority (President’s Room, S–216), 26

Fairman, Charles, 116 

Feller, Robert, 185 

Fillmore, Millard, 36, 91 

First Landing on the Moon (Cox), 75 

Fitch, John, portrait of, 11, 80, 158 

Five Senses, 46 

flowers, depictions of, 4, 73, 75, 77–78, 210 

Fontana, Carlo, 18 

Four Seasons, 56, 57 

Franklin, Benjamin, depictions of, 80, 120 

Franklin, William B., 95–96, 99 

Franze, Louis, 57, 66, 222 

Freedom, 50 

Freeman, Eveline Fessenden, portrait of, 49, 50

French, B.B., 126, 131 

fresco in scialbatura See lime wash fresco 

fresco See giornata; lime wash fresco; true fresco 

frieze of American history, 147, 149, 152–154, 163–166,

168–169, 173–176 

composition of, 188, 198 

conservation of, 187–193, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191

details of, 174, 175

scaffold for, 165, 165, 180

studies for, 150–151, 154, 164

Gajani, Guglielmo, 95 

Geier, Urban, 65, 100 

General Armstrong, 67 

General George Washington Resigning His Commission to

Congress as Commander in Chief of the Army

(Trumbull), 146, 147 

General Putnam Leaving his Plow for the Defence of his

Country (unknown artist), 59

Geography, 100, 101, 102 

250
Joint Committee on the Library, 131 

Judgment of Paris, 6

Judiciary Committee of the Senate (S–126), 64

Keck, Carolyn, 185 

Keck, Larry, 181, 181

Keck, Sheldon, 185 

Keim, DeB. Randolph, Keim’s Capitol Interior and Diagrams, 86n22 

Kensett, John F., 95 

Kent, James, 80 

Know-Nothing Party, 89, 91–93, 96, 97n11 & 12 

Knox, Henry, portraits of, 120 

Koestler, Robert, 203n10 & 11 

Ladies Waiting Room See Senate Press Gallery (S–313A) 

Lahayne, Otto, 66, 75 

Lambdin, James R., 95 

Landing of Columbus (Vanderlyn), 146, 147 

Legislation, 5, 118 

Leslie, James, 64, 65, 66, 75, 77, 78, 105, 108, 141, 222 

designs for Committee on Territories room (H–128)

by, 67

trophy panel in Senate Appropriations Committee

Room (S–128) by, 109

Leutze, Emanuel, 52, 100, 149, 152 

Liberty, 118, 119

lighting, 

electric, 212, 213

gas, 193, 198 

lime wash fresco, 30, 30, 76, 118, 123n38, 209 

Lincoln, Abraham, 122n29, 123n36, 127, 154n1 

Livingston, Robert R., 80 

Long, Michel, 57, 65, 124, 127 

Lovejoy, Owen, 94–95 

Lyndon B. Johnson Room (S–211), 98, 99, 100–105,

157, 160 

conservation of, 105 

details in, 11, 101, 102, 103

Lynn, David, 176 

McCormick reaper, 12, 58 

McFarlan, Alexander B., 54 

McPyncheon, William, 171 

Madonna of the Immaculate Conception (Church of the

Madonna dell’Archetto), 20–21, 21

“Marine” (Apotheosis of Washington), 131, 132, 137

Marini, L.G., 171 

Marshall, Humphrey, 92–93, 96 

Martin, E.A., 164 

Gevelot, Nicholas, sculpture in the Rotunda by,

146–148, 152–153 

Giacolone, Joseph, 84 

giornata, 26, 26, 28–29, 193–198, 194, 196, 203n10 

Greenough, Horatio, portrait of Washington, 11, 127, 128

Gregory XVI, 17 

grisaille, 164 

H–117 See House Members’ Dining Room (H–117) 

H–128 See House Committee on Territories room

(H–128) 

H–144 See House Appropriations Committee Room

(H–144) 

H–209 See Speaker’s Office (H–209) 

Hall of Columns, 44

Hall of the House of Representatives, 63, 89–91, 89

Hamilton, Alexander, portraits of, 112, 116, 120 

Hamilton, James, 66 

Hecuba Recovers Paris (Camuccini), 6

History, 100, 102, 102

Holy Trinity (altarpiece in Mexico City), 50 

Houdon, Jean Antoine, portrait of Washington by, 11 

House Agriculture Committee Room See House Appropriations Committee Room (H–144) 

House Appropriations Committee Room (H–144), 10,

12, 54–59, 55, 63, 94, 95, 141, 148

ceiling of, 56

conservation of, 58

details in, 10, 11, 48, 94

House Committee on Territories room (H–128), 66 

House Members’ Dining Room (H–117), 91 

details in, 10, 90–91, 90, 91

House Members’ Retiring Room (H–213), 89 

House Post Office See Speaker’s Office (H–209) 

House of the Vetii (Pompeii, Italy), 2

House wing, 43, 44

Houston, Sam, 37 

Hughes, John, Archbishop of New York, 50–51, 158, 159 

Hugot, François, 111 

Huntington, Daniel, 57 

Hurt, Perry, 182 

Immaculate Conception (painting exhibited in Mexico), 50

Indian Affairs Committee Room (S–132), 100 

Interior of the House of Representatives at Washington—

the House in Session, 1868 (Davis), 88

inventions, depictions of, 11–12, 11

Jefferson, Thomas, portraits of, 58, 112, 116, 120 

John F. Kennedy Room (S–210), 71–72 

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Martyrdom of St. Stephen, 51, 159 

Mason, Susan, 182 

Matero, Frank, 61n44 

Matthews, George, 61n45, 75, 80, 82, 84, 87n40, 116, 178 

“Mechanics” (Apotheosis of Washington), 135

Meigs, Montgomery C., 7, 38–39, 52

and Brumidi, 8, 9, 49, 51–54, 57, 58, 63–64, 69,

91–92, 129–131, 152, 159 

and Capitol decorations, 10–11, 42, 44–47, 52–54, 57,

63, 65–66, 68, 73, 75, 89–91, 95, 99, 125 

and Capitol extensions, 38–39 

hiring of artists by, 65–66, 68, 100, 125 

interest in art of, 52–53 

interest in technology of, 11–12, 58 

and Know-Nothing party, 92–93 

portrait of (removed from Apotheosis of Washington),

129–130, 130, 193 

replaced by William B. Franklin, 95–96 

sketch of Washington City by, 53

and Walter, 38–39, 44–47, 89, 91, 149 

Mexico, 50, 60n6 

Michelangelo, 4, 26, 148, 185 

Moberly, Charles, 61n45, 109, 116, 121, 162, 178 

Mora, Laura, 185 

Mora, Paolo, 185 

Morrill, L.M., 161–162 

Morrill, Justin, 7, 12n4, 159, 171–172 

drawing room of, 156

mural painting, techniques of See techniques of mural

painting 

Murdock, Myrtle Cheney, 163

Myers, Catherine S., 33n1, 87n42 & 44 

Mystical Vision of St. Ignatius at La Storta, 158 

National Art Association, 93 

Naval Affairs Committee Room See Senate Appropriations Committee Room (S–127) 

Norris, John, 50 

Odense, Ludwig, 64, 75, 124, 127, 222 

Oertel, Johannes, 64, 66, 69, 92, 93, 100, 222 

Office of the Vice President (S–212), 161–162, 162

conservation of, 162 

oil painting, 30, 31

Osgood, Samuel, depictions of, 120 

Our Lady of the Scapular and St. Stephen See Church of

St. Stephen (New York City) 

Overturf, Todd, 182 

Palazzo Torlonia, 18–19, 23n8, 32 

ceiling of Throne Room in, 5

chapel frescoes in, 18

See also Villa Torlonia 

Patent Corridor, 75, 80, 207

Pausas, Francisco, portrait of Thomas U. Walter by, 35

Peale, Rembrandt, portrait of Washington by, 11, 120,

126, 159 

Persico, Luigi, Discovery, 82 

Peruchi, Alberto, 64, 75, 100, 124, 127, 223 

Philosophy, 100 

Physics, 102, 103

Pierce, Franklin, 38, 57 

Pietà (Brumidi sculpture), 19, 32

Pius IX, 20, 21, 22 

Plenty, 50 

Podesti, Francesco, 6, 60n6 

Pompeian style, 69–73, 70, 72, 141 See also classical wall

painting 

Poore, Benjamin Perley, 93–94, 93, 171 

popes, portraits of, 20, 20, 23n15 

portraits, 

of American families, 49–50, 60n3, 157, 159 

of historical figures, 78, 80, 112, 116, 116, 120 

of inventors, 80–81 

of popes, 20, 20, 23n15 

of presidents, 112, 112, 113, 116, 118, 

Post Office Committee Room (S–117), 100 

Powell, William, Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto,

146, 147, 155n7 

Prescott, William H., 160 

History of the Conquest of Mexico, 163 

History of the Conquest of Peru, 163 

President’s Room (S–216), 10, 24, 99, 116–120, 117, 159 

conservation of, 121 

details in, 5, 10, 26, 118, 119, 120, 121

Print, 100 

Progress, 12, 49–50, 50, 102 

Rabin, Bernard, 33n1, 181–185, 186

Radice, Anne-Imelda, 181 

Rakemann, Carl, 160 

Rakemann, Joseph, 64, 65, 75, 223 

Randolph, Edmund, portrait of, 120 

Rangavis, Alexander Rhizos, 12n12 

Raphael, 3, 26, 52 

Alba Madonna, 5

influence on others of, 4, 6, 73 

Vatican decorations of, 4, 4, 73, 73, 118, 118, 141 

Religion, 118, 119

Reni, Guido, 6, 172 

Aurora (Brumidi copy), 6, 169 

Renwick, James, 159 

252
Senate Democratic Policy Committee Room (S–118), 160 

details in, 160

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Room See Senate

Democratic Policy Committee Room (S–118) 

Senate Library See Lyndon B. Johnson Room (S–211) 

Senate Military Affairs Committee Room See Senate Appropriations Committee Room (S–128) 

Senate Post Office See Lyndon B. Johnson Room (S–211) 

Senate Press Gallery (S–313A), 45, 100 

design for, 27

Senate Reception Room (S–213), 10, 40, 41, 63, 99,

110, 111–116, 113, 157, 160 

details in, 10, 11, 114, 115, 116

sketch for, 111

Senectus Bona, 16, 17 

Senectus Mala, 16, 17 

Sestini, Benedict, Reverend, S.J., 51, 51, 60n12, 158,

171 

Sharp, Henry, 66 

Signing of the First Treaty of Peace with Great Britain, 81,

81, 158, 160 

Silver, Constance S., 33n1, 61n44, 181, 182 

Sixtus I, 20

Smith, Amzi, 159, 171 

Speaker’s Office (H–209), 89 

Speaker’s Room See House Members’ Retiring Room

(H–213) 

“Spirit of 1917” (Whipple), 177

Spirit of St. Louis (airplane), depiction of by an unknown

artist, 75 

Stanton, Richard, 57 

Stationery Room (S–210), 72, 99 

Steindl, Barbara, 19 

Stephens, Alexander H., 127, 129 

Stone, Horatio, 60n13, 92–93 

Storming of Stony Point, 1779, 105, 106, 108, 109

Story, Joseph, 80 

Strength (Church of the Madonna dell’Archetto), 21

Strength (Senate Reception Room (S–213)), 114

Strieby, George F.W., 171, 223 

Strong, Samuel, 37 

Sumner, Charles, 112 

Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga (Trumbull),

146, 147 

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown (Trumbull),

146, 147 

Taylor, George, 93–94 

techniques of mural painting, 19, 30–33 

See also classical wall painting; conservation, of fresco;

giornate; grisaille; lime wash fresco; oil painting;

tempera; trompe l’oeil; true fresco 

republican revolution in Rome, 9, 15, 22 

Revolutionary War, depictions of, 105–108 

Ripa, Cesara, Iconologia, 7 

Robert Fulton, 81, 81, 160 

Roeth, Frederick, 75 

Room of the Sergeant at Arms See Office of the Vice

President (S–212) 

Rotunda, 10, 126, 146–154, 181, 183

conservation of, 181 

See also Apotheosis of Washington; Capitol, United

States, dome of 

Rovelli, Anna, 8, 16 

S–118 See Senate Democratic Policy Committee Room

(S–118) 

S–126 See Judiciary Committee of the Senate (S–126) 

S–127 See Senate Appropriations Committee Room

(S–127) 

S–128 See Senate Appropriations Committee Room

(S–128) 

S–129 See Senate Appropriations Committee Room

(S–129) 

S–210 See John F. Kennedy Room (S–210) 

S–211 See Lyndon B. Johnson Room (S–211) 

S–212 See Office of the Vice President (S–212) 

S–313 See Senate Reception Room (S–213) 

S–313A See Senate Press Gallery (S–313A) 

St. Charles Borromeo Giving Holy Communion to St. Aloysius Gonzaga, 51, 158 

scagliola, 63, 66, 102, 116 

Schio, Peter, 65 

Schmidt, Charles, 75 

Schneck, F., 75 

“Science” (Apotheosis of Washington), 129, 138, 139n5

conservation of, 200, 201, 202

sculpture (relief) in the Rotunda, 146–148, 152–153 

Senate Appropriations Committee Room (S–127), 62,

63, 71, 95, 99, 108

details in, 28, 68, 69, 70

sketch for, 67

Senate Appropriations Committee Room (S–128), 10,

66–72, 78, 99, 104, 105–109, 160 

details in, 10, 107, 108, 109

sketches for, 28, 106

Senate Appropriations Committee Room (S–129), 160, 161

Senate Chamber, 99 

clock proposed for, 100

Senate Committee on the Library See Senate Appropriations Committee Room (S–129) 

Senate Committee on Naval Affairs room See Senate Appropriations Committee Room (S–127) 

Senate Corridors, 42, 43, 63 

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Telegraph, 102, 103

Telegraph [America Welcoming Europe: The Completion of

the Laying of the Transatlantic Cable] (oil sketch),

102, 103

tempera, 30, 30

Terry, Luther, 162 

Thomas, Ernest, 111, 122n30 

Thornton, William, 36 

Thorwaldsen, Bertel, 15 

Titcomb, Moses, 159 

Tojetti, Domenico, 17 

Torlonia, Alessandro, 19 

Torlonia family, 18–19 

coat of arms, 18

Torlonia, Giovanni Raimondo, 18 

trompe l’oeil, 31–32, 33, 57–58, 72, 100, 102, 118,

159, 190, 209 

true fresco, 25–29, 187–188, 193, 208 

Trumbull, John, 

paintings in the Rotunda by, 146, 147, 152 

portrait of Washington by, 11 

Uberti, Joseph, 65, 223 

United States Art Commission, 92, 95–96, 99 

Usher, J.P., 127 

U.S.S. Constitution, depiction of by George Matthew, 75, 80 

Vanderlyn, John, 

Landing of Columbus, 146, 147 

portrait of Washington by, 11 

Vatican, 4, 16–17, 16, 17, 73, 118, 118, 141 

Versailles, engraving (17th century) of ceiling, 6

Vespignani, Virginio, 20 

Vespucci, Amerigo, depiction of, 120 

Vice President’s Room (S–214), 122n30 

Villa Torlonia, 6, 19, 30, 50 

The Judgment of Paris in, 6

theater murals in, 3, 19, 30 

See also Palazzo Torlonia 

Voorhees, Daniel, 108, 171 

Walter, J.A., 171 

Walter, Thomas U., 9, 35, 36–39, 85, 93, 99, 111, 163 

and Brumidi, 46–47, 95–96, 125–126, 130–131 

and Capitol designs, 42, 42, 44–47, 44, 46, 126,

143–145, 145

design of South Wing by, 44

and frieze of American history, 163 

and Meigs, 44–47, 89–91, 149 

portrait of (in Apotheosis of Washington), 130–131, 130

Walther, Henry, 65, 223 

“War” (Apotheosis of Washington), 129, 129, 133

War (Senate Reception Room (S–213)), 114, 115 

Washington Art Association, 92 

Washington at Valley Forge, 105, 107 

Washington, George, 54 

portraits of, 10–11, 10, 48, 58, 78, 112, 120, 121,

124, 126, 127, 128, 132, 142–143, 159 

Weir, Robert W., 52 

Embarkation of the Pilgrims, 146, 147, 155n7 

Weld-Clifford Chapel, 19, 31, 31

West, Benjamin, 81 

West, George R., 66, 68–69, 93 

Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (Leutze), 100 

Whipple, Charles Ayer, 84, 85, 176, 178 

“Spirit of 1917” (frieze of American history), 177

White, George M., 181, 185 

“William Penn and the Indians” (frieze of American history), 165, 173, 174

Wilson, Henry, 105

Wolanin, Barbara, 155n13 & 14, 185, 201 

Wright Brothers’ airplane, depiction of by unknown artist

in frieze of American history, 75 

Wyeth, S.D., booklet about Apotheosis of Washington, 131 

Young, Cliff, 84, 109 

Zodiac Corridor, 75, 78

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