Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-04-01
The COSJ OF THE CAPITOL ART
..ElNINS',


An inquisIuye Yankee visitor 70 Powers
studio on IeaI.ing the prices Of various pieces
OF sta,uary on hand concluded that scuIpin"
vas pretty good business, and thought he
would set his boys to .'chiselin" when he got
s.bum
For some reasons not stated the House has
lately entered upon an inquiry as 10 The cost
of statuary and other Ornamental ''hxIns, and
N February last passed a resolution inqulrlns
me various amounts paid for works OF art 10
decorate the Capitol since January, 1855
The reply of the Architect of the Capitol, Mr..
Clark, furnises rather an interesting budget of
information on such matters.
The sweet potato shaped figure Of"Freedom,"
with the Maige wIldfre heSd-dress, sur
mounting the dome, cost s2I1 96-that is, Craw-
ford got $500 for the model in plaster, Clark
Mills $3.50 for casting II in bronze, and tue
remaining slO,996.S3 went for labor, iron work
ard copper.
BTumidi got s}9,5OO for painting George
Washington and the Canterbury girls in risky
fTesco on the canopy of the dome. For fres-
Going committee rooms and other rooms, At $40
per day, BrumIdi received SI9.i~3-5i: aud for
frescoing the Senate post office, si,9s9. Leutzs
pronounce Lightly received SAOOO for his
picture of " Emigration" on the wall of the
western stairway of the House. Walker
(American) got -, l3- ~ for his picture, the
..Storming of ChepuItepec' on the correspond
ing stairway of the north wing. This is cheap,
considering the amount Of paint used in the
picture. The bust Of kosciusko, py II ID.
Saunders. (American,l cost $500; the statue of
Hancock, by Horatio Stone. (Amerisan, $500;
statue of Hamilton, by Stone, SIO,OOO: bust of
President Lincoln. by Mrs. 5. r. Ames, ssOnO
This bust is very fine, much handsomer than
sha hut N A
Of-parIs ear and a mosaic cracium, IN de up
Of different pieces OF marble. MlssC. l. RAN
som tAmericsn) was paid 81 .OoJ for the portrait
Of J l.. Giddings.
The gorgeous bronze arms TO tue House GAL
lsry seats we all so much admire. cost S2,515
and the bronze eagle that spreads itself So ex-
tensiyely over the clock was achieved for the
mod, ST sum of SI5U. The bronze ratings for
stairwsys OF the Senate and House, however
foot up the sum of S22,i9 u; and the bronze
CornthiaD caps for columns and piIasters IN
the nam House stairway S3,6,l.
Randolph Rogers (Amerieanl got 900 for
the plaster model o: the Columbus bronz- door
n the pssssge-wsy leading from the old 10 the
lew Hall Of Representatives; +. NonMIll-r
of Munich received $1,000 fog casting the
coor IN bronze. total Sl5.u,1 Thomas Craw-
lord received 5000 for the models of the bronze
door for the main entrance 10 the north wing;
and James T. Amrs. of the Massachusetts
ChICOpee Works, got - .is5. n for casting il in
oTCpze, nearly three times what the casting of
the Rogers door cost n Munich. William III.
RbIEehart received $40 for the plaster model
;Or the bronze door designed by Crawford for
he maIn entrance 70 the south wing For the
-tatues OF Justice and History over the princi-
Iai doorway Of the north wing, CraT ord cot
500 and Tor the models for these and the
IediusEt OF the north wing he received S2lfa,p
Thomas GaglIardi. ItalIan. was PAID sI5ts
~ cutting IN marol- the Whea, Sheaf. Anchor
Group OF Instruction and Y OuIhs for this pedl-
msnt. Gaglardi ana CasOnf Received $3.50
:Or cutting the figure OF America, and the
Indian Family. and G.. C4sperc SiOJ for cut.
uug the Indian Grave. q. But,i. another
ItaIIan. was paid the folio wing for cutting
Other figures on the same psdnent Soldier.
= Is o. Commerce, S12g; WOOdman, S2.55I:
Hunter, $3.50. Indian Chief, S5,0U. TINS By
lnJun Il the most expensive figure in tn I0l
~ Will be seen He Is the sssnd man of the
group. ard Is doubled up. with his face on has
hnees in a way that mIghs mean collie. or grief
Al The decay OF his race. but which really
serves 10 accommodate his anatomy TO the
sharp angle OF the pedim-nt. ID. GlampaOll
italian. you BET was pald sl,SDJ for cutting
ID, figuI- Of the Mechanic in this group. The
marble for the staiua-y On this p-dIn-nt Is
from the quarries at Lee, MIssacluset.s, the
same furnished for the building itself
BY an act of Congress of 1873, $500 WAS
appropriated TO enable the President 10 con-
tract with Hiram Powers for some work Of art
10 decorate the Capitol. on, OF which $1,000
have been paid Powers for the statues OF JEFF
fersOn and Franklin.
The report does not embrace Winnie Ream's
statue Of Lincoln. Tor winch s.O,,U Is TO be- paid
when com p!eied half on the completion of a
satisfactory model. The model has been fin
I>hsd and accepted, and We suppose the : ,OVG
has been paid