Evening star., 1896-12-08

more and the i.ttef BY sprasue. Duncan 4
Hutchinson OF New York
'The book STACKS, slcove shelving of
the rotunda orlpublic reading room, the
| apparatus in the reading room, and oil
parts of the construction Of the building
| were designed by myself. The special mo-
ts sna
| between the reading room desk ard the
| book stacks and also to the Capitol, by
way Of tunnel constructed for the pur-
| pose, have been devised and worked out
| with me by the Miles Pneumatic Tube Com
pany OF Boston. -
Sculpture and Mural Paintinrs.
'.To fully and consistently carry out the
monumental design and purpose of the
| building certain special sculpture and
| mural painting were necessary as a part
of the architectural composition, and these
have been furnished by the following ar
| lists, all of whom are citizens of the United
States, namely:
"Sculptors-Herbert Adams, Paul w Bart
lett Theodore Baur; George Bissell. john
Daniel c. French, John Flanagan, Angus
| tus st. Gaudens, Louis st. Gaudens. J. Scott
| Hartley, Frederick MacMonnies, Philip
Martiny. Charles H Neihaus. R. Hinton
F. w Ruckstuhl. ]. @. A. Ward, Oln L.
| Warner, Albert Weinert.
"Painters-Johns Nv. Alexander. g; R..
Barse Frank w. Benson, Edwin H. Blash-
| field, Kenyon Cox, Frederick Dielmaa.
Robert L.. Dodge, William L. Dodge, Carl
| Gutherz Walter McEwen, George w. May
nard. Carl Melchers. Charles sprague
mundt, Walter Shirlaw. Edward Simmons.
w. B. Van Ingen. Elihu Vcdder. Henry
Oliver Walker. V
1.-THE works of these several artists are
| the following: OF the eight emblematical
| figures on the main piers OF the rotun1a,
| Science is by Donoghue, Law by Bartlett.
| Poetry by Ward mot yet delivered), Phil
executed by Dozzi; History by French,
! Commerce by Flanagan and Religion by
Baur.
"Of the sixteen bronze statues for the gall
Henry by Adams Solon by Ruckstuhl. Kent
| by Bissell, Homer by l.. St. Gaudens.
! Shakespeare by MacMonnies. Plato and
| Bacon by Boyle. Beethoven by Baur. Mi
! chael Angelo and Columbus by Bartlett,
| Herodotus by French Gibbon and Moses
| by Niehaus, Fulton by Potter. and ST.
Paul by Donoghue.
MOdesty of Details.
"The clock piece for the rotunda is being
| made by Flanagan. and the principal fig
ures in the entab,ature and pendentives are
by Martiny.
I'm the stair hall the pair of marble span
drels representing Students. and the north
| and south pairs of the main entrance doors
| in bronze are by Warner. His death oc-
curing in August, 1896, the modelling for
the south pair Of doors is being completed
by Adams. The subject of the north pair
of doors is Tradition and of the south pair
Writing. MacMonnes has made the middle
! pair of bronze main entrance doors. repre-
senting Printing, and will probably put
| them in place early in January. The mod
cling of the other marble sculptures in the
central part of fhe stair hall below the
colonnado. and also the two bronze lamp
bearers on the newell posts. and the corner
groups in the cove OF the skylight, are by
Martiny. On
THE console figures in the ves.ibue are
by Adams. Perfw'is the sculptor of the
four stucco panels representing Sibyls. in
the west ends OF the second story vaulting
of the stair hall, 1 of the fountain in the
west approaches to the building.
The three oak door heads in the repre-
sentatves reading room are by Niehaus,
! and the oak door head and marble mante!
Mr. Ias CASEY. 'td t. u Irthteet' is ''' cases 0'
Pratt furnished the large meda,lions rep
resentinS The Seasons in the four corner
pavilions. second story, and also the models
for The three pairs of granite spandrels in
the main entrance porch, representing. re-
spectiveiy' = Lite rrtdrS Science and Art.
The Granite Bust..
"Of the nine granite portrait busts in the
circular openings Of the west central pa
vilion. Hartley modelled those of Irving,
Emerson and Hawthorne; Adams those of
Demosthenes, Dante and Scott. and Ruck-
stuhl those.7of Goethe. Macaulay and
Frarklin.
"All of the stucco sculpture and ornamen-
tai work. excepting the few special pieces
above referred to, was made and put in
place at the building by workmen en-
ployed by the United States. and the mod
| cling thereof was executed under the direc-
! tion and designs Of Mr. Casey by Weinert
| and his assistants.
"Al of the granite and marble carving
| with the exceptions noted below. was done
| at the building in similar manner in
which William Boyd and J. Johnston were
employed as foremen. The two marble
groups representing the eastern and west
| ern hemfspheres and the Warner SPAN
| dreis in the stair hall were carved in New
| York: and as before stated, the larger
| srtIite capitals on the exterior of the
| building by the grsn mite contractor.
Work of the Painters.
"Of the painters, Blashfeld painted the
| collar around the eye of the main dome
| and crown of the lantern, the former rep
| resenting the races of people epochs
which have most contributed to the worlds
! Intellectual advancement. and the latter
Progress, the human understanding
| looking upward. W. L. Dodge furnished
| the five paintings in the northwest pavilion
| secord story. representing. respectively.
| ton; Melchers the. two paintings, Arts of
| war and Arts of Peace respectively. in the
| adjoining hall, west front; Cox, the two
| paintings, Science and Art, in the CORE
| spending hall south of the stair hall; May
| nard the five pictures in the southwest
| pavilion. second story. and also the eight
| Hoatlfg hgdres representing virtues in the
stair hall wall panels; Vedder, the mosaic
| panel CT Minerva, not yet delivered. for
tie meZzanine of the stair hall, and the
five pair tings representing Government at
| the entrance to the rotunda, first story;
| Dieiman, the two mosaic panels for the
m antels OF the Representatives reading
| room; Simmons, the pictures of the MUSES.
| ana tie pendentive and cameo pieces in
| the domes of the west corridor. first story,
north of the stair hall; McEwen, the pic
! lures OF Greek Hero es and the pendentives
| ara dome canoes in the corresponding
| south corridor: Gutherz. the seven middle
| csllns panels, represe ntng the Spectrum
| OF Light. In the stair hall, first story,
/ Walker Is painting the eight tympanums
| FOR the south section, representing Lyric
| ioe,ry; Alexander has furnished the six
N the easterly section, representing the
evolution Of the Book, and Pearce, the
| seven IN the north section, representing
The paintings BY shirlaw are the eight
I9ures at the springing of the west vault.
| representing Sciences, in the second story
OF & the stair hall; ihese of Barse the similar
eight figures in The east vault, repesent-
| lHR Literature. those of Reid tho fiva oa,,