. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. LLY WASHINGTON GUIDE 155 The first is Signing the Declaration of Independence inthe Old Hall in Philadelphia in 1776, the arrangement of thegroup of figures having been made as Jefferson, Franklin, andothers of the fathers described it to him. The presidingofficer is John Hancock. The Surrender of Burgoyne atSaratoga to General Gates is from sketches made by Trum-bull on the spot, October 17, 1777. The artist was also presentat the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, por-trayed in the third painting, where the British are marchin
. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. LLY WASHINGTON GUIDE 155 The first is Signing the Declaration of Independence inthe Old Hall in Philadelphia in 1776, the arrangement of thegroup of figures having been made as Jefferson, Franklin, andothers of the fathers described it to him. The presidingofficer is John Hancock. The Surrender of Burgoyne atSaratoga to General Gates is from sketches made by Trum-bull on the spot, October 17, 1777. The artist was also presentat the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, por-trayed in the third painting, where the British are marchingbetween the lines of the American and French Allies. Thefourth of the series is The Resignation of Washington, ascommander-in-chief of the American annies, which took place,closely as depicted, at Annapolis on December 23, 1783, whereCongress was then in session in the old Maryland State commission he then surrendered is preserved in the Depart-ment of State, and the coat worn by Washington upon thisoccasion may be seen at the National Surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga,Rotunda of Capitol The arabesque designs in the panels above the eight paint-ings by Causici and Capellano, contain medallion heads of thefour great pioneers of American discovery—Columbus, Raleigh,Cabot and La Salle. They were done in 1827, and cost $9,500. The series of paintings on the , just beneath thegallery were commenced in 1878 by the talented ConstantinoBrumidi. They are chiaroscuro drawings in distemper—that 156 RAND McNALLY WASHINGTON GUIDE
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