Copyright Notice:—In addition to the general copyright of this Handbook, which covers the text and illustrations, the engravings of the paintings in the following pages are from Copley Prints, copyright 1896 and 1897, by Curtis & Cameron, the Prints being made directly from the original paintings, copyright 1896 and 1897 by the several artists.

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History of the Library[2]
The Burning by the British Troops[2]
The Acquisition of Jefferson’s Library[3]
Mr. Spofford’s Administration[3]
The Old Quarters in the Capitol[4]
The Agitation for a New Building[4]
The New Building[6]
The General Decoration; Mr. Garnsey and Mr. Weinert[7]
The General Character of the Building[8]
The Exterior of the Building[9]
The Façade[10]
The Entrance Pavilion[11]
Mr. Hinton Perry’s Fountain[12]
The Ethnological Heads[13]
The Portico Busts[16]
Mr. Pratt’s Spandrel Figures[17]
The Main Entrance[18]
Mr. Warner’s Bronze Doors[18]
Mr. Macmonnies’s Bronze Door[20]
Main Entrance Hall[21]
The Vestibule[21]
The Stucco Decoration of the Vestibule[22]
The Marble Flooring[22]
The Staircase Hall[23]
The Commemorative Arch[23]
Mr. Warner’s Spandrel Figures[24]
Mr. Martiny’s Staircase Figures[24]
The Ceiling of the Staircase Hall[27]
The Mosaic Vaults of the First Floor Corridors[28]
Mr. Pearce’s Paintings[28]
Mr. Walker’s Paintings[30]
Mr. Alexander’s Paintings[33]
Mosaic Decorations of the East Corridor[33]
The Librarian’s Room[34]
The Lobbies of the Rotunda[35]
Mr. Vedder’s Paintings[36]
The Second Floor Corridors[39]
The Decoration of the Vaults[39]
The Printers’ Marks[42]
Mr. Hinton Perry’s Bas-reliefs[43]
Mr. Shirlaw’s Paintings[44]
Mr. Reid’s Paintings[46]
Mr. Barse’s Paintings[48]
Mr. Benson’s Paintings[50]
The Decoration of the Walls[51]
Mr. Maynard’s Pompeiian Panels[52]
The Inscriptions along the Walls[53]
The Entrance to the Rotunda[55]
Mr. Van Ingen’s Paintings[55]
Mr. Vedder’s Mosaic Decoration[56]
The Rotunda[57]
The Importance of the Rotunda[58]
The General Arrangement[60]
The Alcoves[61]
The Symbolical Statues[62]
The Portrait Statues[64]
Mr. Flanagan’s Clock[66]
The Lighting of the Rotunda[67]
The Semicircular Windows[68]
The Dome[70]
The Stucco Ornamentation[70]
Mr. Blashfield’s Paintings[71]
The Rotunda Color Scheme[76]
Provision for Readers[77]
The Book-Carrying Apparatus[78]
Connection with the Capitol[79]
The Book-stacks[80]
Arrangement and Construction[80]
Ventilation and Heating[82]
The Shelving[82]
Lighting[82]
The Lantern[84]
The Rectangle[84]
Southeast Gallery[86]
Mr. Cox’s Paintings[86]
The Pavilion of the Discoverers[88]
Mr. Pratt’s Bas-reliefs[89]
Mr. Maynard’s Paintings[89]
The Pavilion of the Elements[93]
Mr. R. L. Dodge’s Paintings[93]
The Pavilion of the Seals[94]
Mr. Van Ingen’s Paintings[96]
Mr. Garnsey’s Ceiling Panel[98]
The Pavilion of Art and Science[99]
Mr. W. de L. Dodge’s Paintings[99]
The Northwest Gallery[101]
Mr. Melchers’s Paintings[101]
The Rectangle: First Floor Corridors[101]
Mr. McEwen’s Paintings[102]
The House Reading Room[106]
Mr. Dielman’s Mosaics[107]
Mr. Gutherz’s Paintings[109]
The Senate Reading Room[110]
The North Corridor[111]
Mr. Simmons’s Paintings[111]
Special Rooms[112]
The Basement[112]
The Architecture, Sculpture and Painting[113]
The Function of a National Library[123]

MINERVA
1896 DESIGN FOR A MOSAIC BY ELIHU VEDDER
CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY WASHINGTON