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First Reading Of The Emancipation Proclamation Of President Lincoln

by Francis B. Carpenter

1864
Oil on canvas
Height: 108 inches (274.3 cm) Width: 180 inches (457.2 cm)

U.S. Capitol Art Collection

Washington, D.C.

Carpenter, Francis B. 
Cornwallis Sues For Cessation Of Hostilities Under The Flag Of Truce

by Constantino Brumidi

1857
Fresco
no dimensions avaliable

U.S. Capitol Art Collection

Washington, D.C.

Brumidi, Constantino 
Columbus And The Indian Maiden (West Corridor, First Floor, Senate Wing)

by Constantino Brumidi

Fresco
no dimensions avaliable

U.S. Capitol Art Collection

Washington, D.C.

Brumidi, Constantino 
Apotheosis Of Washington (Rotunda)

by Constantino Brumidi

1865-1866
Fresco
Diam: 744 in.

U.S. Capitol Art Collection

Washington, D.C.

Brumidi, Constantino 
Surrender Of Cornwallis At Yorktown (2)

by John Trumbull

1797
oil on canvas
35.2 x 55.3 cm (13.9 x 21.8 in)

U.S. Capitol Art Collection

Washington, D.C.

Trumbull, John 
Samuel Osgood

by Constantino Brumidi

ca. 1860
Oil
Oval: 32 x 23 in.

U.S. Capitol Art Collection

Washington, D.C.

Brumidi, Constantino 
Portrait Of Edmund Randolph

by Constantino Brumidi

ca. 1860
Oil
Oval: 32 x 23 in.

U.S. Capitol Art Collection

Washington, D.C.

Brumidi, Constantino 
Henry Knox

by Constantino Brumidi

ca. 1860
Oil
Oval: 32 x 23 in.

U.S. Capitol Art Collection

Washington, D.C.

Brumidi, Constantino 
Henry Clay

by Henry F. Darby

ca. 1858
oil on canvas
Height: 49.25 inches (125.1 cm) Width: 39.75 inches (101 cm)

U.S. Capitol Art Collection

Washington, D.C.

Darby, Henry F.notes
The portrait of Henry Clay is simply conceived: a three-quarter-length figure is seated in a wooden armchair. Darby has placed the chair at a slight angle to the picture plane, next to the corner of a covered table. On the table’s surface lie some sheets of paper and a quill pen. Darby has positioned Clay’s head to the right of center, and he has...
John C. Calhoun

by Henry F. Darby

ca. 1858
oil on canvas
Height: 49.75 inches (126.4 cm) Width: 35.63 inches (90.5 cm)

U.S. Capitol Art Collection

Washington, D.C.

Darby, Henry F.notes
John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was a leading politician and political theorist from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century.
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