HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CHAMBER
Wall painting (working sketch saved by Lola Germon)
“Washington at Yorktown receiving the officer sent by Cornwallis to ask a two days’ cessation of hostilities.”
“C. Brumidi, artist,
Citizen of the U.S.”
Letter to Superintendent of Capitol Extension, December 14, 1857
PRESIDENT’S ROOM, SENATE EXTENSION
Symbolic Fresco Groups (ceiling Madonnas)
- Executive Authority
- Legislation
- Liberty
- Religion
Life-size Ceiling Portraits in Fresco
- Brewster (Religion)
- Columbus (Discovery)
- Franklin (History)
- Vespucius (Exploration)
Ceiling to Floor Panels with Portraits of Washington’s First Cabinet
- Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State
- Edmund Randolph, Attorney General
- Henry Knox, Secretary of War
- Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of Treasury
- Samuel Osgood, Postmaster General
Oil Portrait of George Washington (decorative)
“Will be finished by the next meeting of Congress” (From Architect’s Report, Oct. 27, 1859)