. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. ak leaves, and acts as a are six panels, constituting the body of the door, in whichare represented, in alto-relievo, events connected with theRevolution, the foundation of our Government, and the erectionof the Capitol, chronologically as follows: The battles ofBunker Hill, Monmouth, and Yorktown; the welcome ofWashington in Trenton on his way to New York in 1789 (thesame panel contains portraits of the sculptor, his wife, threechildren, and of Rogers, the sculptor of the main door); theinauguration of Washington in 1
. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. ak leaves, and acts as a are six panels, constituting the body of the door, in whichare represented, in alto-relievo, events connected with theRevolution, the foundation of our Government, and the erectionof the Capitol, chronologically as follows: The battles ofBunker Hill, Monmouth, and Yorktown; the welcome ofWashington in Trenton on his way to New York in 1789 (thesame panel contains portraits of the sculptor, his wife, threechildren, and of Rogers, the sculptor of the main door); theinauguration of Washington in 1789, and the laying of thecorner-stone of the Capitol, September 18, 1793. The promi-nent figures are all likenesses. In the inauguration scene JohnAdams stands on Washingtons right; Chancellor Livingstonadministers the oath, and Mr. Otis holds the Bible. Theremaining figures are Alexander Hamilton, Generals Knox andSt. Clair, Roger Sherman, and Baron Steuben. The frameover the door is supported by enriched brackets. The RAND McNALLY WASHINGTON GUIDE 173. Presidents Room, SenatePage 174 ornamentation is scroll-work and acanthus, withthe cotton boll, stalks andears of corn, grapes andentwining vines. Abovethe door are two sculpturedfigures in American marl^lerepresenting Justice andHistory by Crawford, whoseprice was $3,000. It will beremembered, also, thatCrawford designed the fig-ures that fill the pedimentof this portico. This bronzedoor was his latest work;he was paid $6,000 for thedesigns, and WilliamH. Rinehart was given$8,940 for the plaster model,while the casting (14,000pounds) cost $50, into the vestibule, and through the first door atthe right, one may see Brumidis excellent frescoes (History,Geography, Physics, and Telegraph) in the room of the SenateCommittee on the District of Columbia. This vestibule opens at its inner end on the right into theSenate reception room. The walls are covered with rococodesigns in stucco, in high relief, and heavily gilded
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