Myrtle Cheney Murdock

Washington, D. C., October, 1950

Table of Contents

[CONSTANTINO BRUMIDI, ITALIAN REFUGEE][1]
[BRUMIDI ART IN THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL][11]
[COLOR REPRODUCTIONS OF BRUMIDI FRESCOES IN THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL][47]
[THE ARTIST’S COMPENSATION][65]
[BRUMIDI’S AMERICAN WIFE AND CHILDREN][73]
[BRUMIDIANA OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL][83]

Illustrations

[* Indicates real fresco.]

SENATE RECEPTION ROOM
[Washington-Jefferson-Hamilton][58]
(REPRODUCED IN COLOR)
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ROOM
*[Storming of Stony Point][62]
(REPRODUCED IN COLOR)
[Maidens of the Navy][35]
*[Washington at Valley Forge][43]
PRESIDENT’S ROOM—SENATE EXTENSION
[The President’s Room][17]
[The Cherub of Justice][24]
[The Winged Cherub][25]
*[Christopher Columbus, a portrait][21]
[Singing Cherubs][19]
[Alexander Hamilton, a portrait][27]
*[Religion][23]
[Thomas Jefferson, a portrait][57]
(REPRODUCED IN COLOR)
*[Benjamin Franklin, a portrait][61]
(REPRODUCED IN COLOR)
*[Legislation][64]
(REPRODUCED IN COLOR)
SENATE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ROOMS
*[Telegraph][63]
(REPRODUCED IN COLOR)
*[a]Three Graces][41]
*[History][37]
GROUND FLOOR CORRIDORS—SENATE EXTENSION
[Bronze staircase, a Brumidi design][9]
[Horatio Gates, a profile][69]
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CHAMBER
[Washington at Yorktown][59]
(REPRODUCED IN COLOR)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ROOM
*[Spring][15]
CAPITOL ROTUNDA
*[Landing of the Pilgrims][44]
*[Penn’s Treaty with the Indians][45]
CAPITOL DOME
[The Eye of the Dome][5]
*[Brumidi’s Frescoed Canopy in the Eye of the Dome][49]
[Agriculture (Ceres)][50]
(REPRODUCED IN COLOR)
[Mechanics (Vulcan)][51]
(REPRODUCED IN COLOR)
[Commerce (Mercury)][52]
(REPRODUCED IN COLOR)
[Marine (Neptune)][53]
(REPRODUCED IN COLOR)
[Arts and Sciences (Minerva)][54]
(REPRODUCED IN COLOR)
[War (Freedom)][55]
(REPRODUCED IN COLOR)
MISCELLANEOUS
[Constantino Brumidi, Brady photograph][a]Frontispiece]
[Mr. and Mrs. C. Brumidi, album photographs][77]
[Brumidi’s Grave, Glenwood Cemetery][87]
[Lola Germon’s Album][89]
[Altar Mural, St. Aloysius Church][97]
[The Capitol Dome][99]
[Working Sketch for Dome Canopy][95]
[Working Sketch for Three Graces][79]
[Working Sketch for the Landing of the Pilgrims][111]