Ten years in Washington : Life and scenes in the national capital, as a woman sees them . leave the Senate Chamber by the western in the niche at the foot of the staircase, correspond-ing to Franklins on the opposite side, stands the noblefigure of John Hancock. The stairs are of polished whitemarble and the jDainting above them leading to the gen-tlemens gallery of the Senate, in its setting of marooncloth represents the battle of Chapultapec in all the ar-dor of its fiery action. W^e saunter on along the breezycorridors through whose open windows we catch deliciousglimpses of th
Ten years in Washington : Life and scenes in the national capital, as a woman sees them . leave the Senate Chamber by the western in the niche at the foot of the staircase, correspond-ing to Franklins on the opposite side, stands the noblefigure of John Hancock. The stairs are of polished whitemarble and the jDainting above them leading to the gen-tlemens gallery of the Senate, in its setting of marooncloth represents the battle of Chapultapec in all the ar-dor of its fiery action. W^e saunter on along the breezycorridors through whose open windows we catch deliciousglimpses of the garden city, the gliding river and thedistant hills, past the Supreme Court room into the greatrotunda. The rotunda is ninety-five feet in diameter, three hun-dred feet in circumference and over one hundred andeighty feet in height. Its dome contains over eight mil-lions eight hundred thousand pounds of iron, presentingthe most finished specimen of iron architecture in theworld. The panels of the rotunda are set with paintingsof life-size, painted by Vanderlyn, Trumbull and THE SEXATE THE CAPITOL WASHII^GTOIV. if I WERE A MAN. 99 The Declaration of Independence ; the surrender of Bur-goyne; surrender of the British Army, commanded byLord Cornwallis, at Yorktown, Virginia, October 19,1781; resignation of General Washington at Annapolis,December 23, 1783, all by Colonel Trumbull; the baptismof Pocahontas by Chapman; landing of Columbus by Van-derlyn; De Sotos discovery of the Mississippi, by most works of genius these paintings have manymerits and many defects. Perhaps the favorite of all Embarcation of the Pilgrims in the Speedwell at DelftHaven, by Robert W. Weir. Its figures and the fabricsof its costumes are w^onderfully painted ; so, too, is theface of the hoary Pilgrim who is giving thanks to Godfor their safe passage across stormy seas to the land ofdeliverance ; but the enchantment of the picture is theface of Rose Standish. I
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