Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-16
CAPITOL DOORS CAST
L. Amatois' $4,000 Prize
Designs Now in Bronze.
EXHIBITED AT ART GALLERY
Apotheosis of America Is Repre-
sented by Artist.
TRANS0M AND FOUR PANELS
Symbolic Of Jurisprudence, Science,
Art, Mining, Agriculture, Elec-
tricity, Engineering, Commerce.
EXHIBITED AT ART GALLERY
TRANS0M AND FOUR PANELS

Seven years ago Congress awarded to
L. Amatois a prize of $4,000 for the
design. declared by board of Judges
to be the most meritorious. for the west
ern doors of the Capitol
The doors have been completed and
cast in bronze. They are to be placed
on view in the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
1t is seventy-two years since the first
bronze dooys were placed at the eastern
portal of the Capitol. They were by
Rogers, and are known as the Columbus
doors. Afterward the Crawford bronze
doors. on which were designs depicting
scenes in the history of the republic.
were placed at the Senate and House
entrances.
The doors designed by Mr.. Amatois, a
citizen of Washington, represent the
apotheosis of America. They contain de-
signs which bring the history of the
nation down TO the present time.
Description of Designs.
The panel representing the transom of
the doors shows an allegorical figure rep
resenting America seated in chariot
and drawn by lions-typifying strength;
led by a child-symbolizing the superior
ity of the intellect. over brute force. Fol-
lowing the chariot are figures represent
ing a scholar, architecture, literature.
painting, music. sculpture, mining. COM
merce and industry.
On one side Of the transom Is statu-
cite representing Thomas Jefferson. On
the other side another represents BenJa-
min Franklin. There is a medallion al
each corner, and these represent Pea
body, the educator philanthropist; Elmer
son, the sage, philosopher and thinker
Horace Mann, the educator. and johns
Hopkins, the merchant phfianthropist.
four on each side. On these panels are
depicted allegorical representations OF
Jurisprudence, science, art, mining, agri-
culture, electricity. engineering, naval
architecture and commerce.
On the sides are statuettes of famous
Americans Others are depicted on the
corner medallions.
The top panel on the left side repre-
sents jurisprudence. The subject is a
session OF the Supreme Court, with John
Marshall, as Chief Justice, presiding or
the occasion of a famous decision.
The science panel shows effigies Of the
greatest scientific investigators from the
time of Hipparchus, the Egyptian as
tronomer. to Darwin. 1T includes Alex
ander Graham Bell, inventor of the tele-
graph.
The panel devoted to art presents the
counterfeit presentments Of Homer, Nir-
gil, Dante. Shakespeare. Goethe. Hugo
Palestrina, Beethoven, Rossini. A flyint
figure typifies genius. In the medallion:
are representations of Poe, Thornton
Stuart and other men famed for theil
genius.
Four Other Panels.
Panel No. is symbolical Of mining
Brown and James w. Marshall, who dis
covered gold in California; Alexander w
Holey, he mining engineer; e. B. Chase.
A. Hewitt and Clarence King are shown
here.
On the right side the top panel rep
resents agriculture with a harvest scene.
The men chosen AZ typical of the genius
which has advanced the science of agri-
culture are Samuel q. Morton, the eth
nologist. and James Wilson. Secretary
OF Agriculture. The medallions represent
the late Senator Morrill,. 1. P. Norton
and Bussey, the founders of agricultural
chemistry.
Typical scenes are chosen for the PAN
els representing iron and electricity.
Here are found Peter Cooper and H. A.
Rowland, one on either side of the PAN
ell. There are medallions Of Baldwin, the
locomotive builder, and Edison, investi-
gator in the realm of electricity.
The laying of railroad tracks, with a
great bridge in the background, forms
the subject of the panel devoted to en-
cheering. Among the engineers chosen
as typical among those who have
accomplished the engineering marvels OF
the last century are James B. Eads.
Gen. Thomas L. Casey, the army engi-
neer Roebling, builder of the Brook
lyn bridge, and Stevens Of transcontin-
entail railroad fame.
For the panel representing naval arch
itecture and commerce the artist chose
figure typifying the former, which is
shown in the act Of pointing out, on a
globe. to another figure. typifying COM
merce, industries and agriculture. the
places where the products Of the nation
can be marketed. Fulton, Ericsson. Cy-
rus w. Field, Eli Whitney, Elias Howe.
Fremont the Pathfinder and J. Lenthall
are the men immortalized in the side
figures and medallions.
The doors will be set In a frame of
bronze decorated in harmony with the
remainder Of the general design.
RECEPTION PLANNED