. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. a youth eager to learn,on the right an aged man contemplating the fruits of , the hall is open to the roof, 72 feet above. Allof the sculpture is the work of Philip Martiny. On the grandstaircases, nude figures of infants and elves, represent by theirsymbols some art, industry, or idea. On the right (south)from the bottoin up, go a Mechanician, a Hunter, Bacchus, aFarmer, a Fisherman, Mars, a Chemist, and a Cook; on theleft, a Gardener, a Naturalist, a Student, a Printer, a Musician,a Physician, an Electrician, and an
. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. a youth eager to learn,on the right an aged man contemplating the fruits of , the hall is open to the roof, 72 feet above. Allof the sculpture is the work of Philip Martiny. On the grandstaircases, nude figures of infants and elves, represent by theirsymbols some art, industry, or idea. On the right (south)from the bottoin up, go a Mechanician, a Hunter, Bacchus, aFarmer, a Fisherman, Mars, a Chemist, and a Cook; on theleft, a Gardener, a Naturalist, a Student, a Printer, a Musician,a Physician, an Electrician, and an Astronomer. The groups,perched upon pilasters of the buttresses, illustrate the continentsand their inhabitants. On the right (south side) of the hall,beside the map ofAfrica and America,sit two chubby boys —one in the featherheaddress and otheraccouterments of anAmerican Indian, andthe other showing thedress and arms of anAfrican. Opposite,beside their globe are similar boys, person- Europe and Asia ifying Asia, in Grand staircase Library of Congress. 86 RAND McNALLY WAvSHINGTON GUIDE
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