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Car of History Clock
This marble sculpture, created in 1819, is among the oldest works of art in the U.S. Capitol. It depicts Clio, the muse of History, holding a book in which she records events as they unfold.
•Artist: Carlo Franzoni
•Medium: Marble
•Date: 1819
•Location: National Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol
Clio, the muse of History, stands in a winged chariot, or car, representing the passage of time. The car rests on a marble globe on which signs of the Zodiac are carved in relief. The chariot wheel is the face of the clock; its works, installed in 1837, are by Simon Willard.
The room in which the sculpture stands was originally the Hall of the House of Representatives. The House moved to its present chamber in 1857, and in 1864 the room was set aside for the display of statues donated by the states; today, it is known as National Statuary Hall.
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The crimson and gold color scheme seen in the canopy and modesty screens is repeated throughout the Chamber. Crimson drapery swags secured with gilt stars adorn the visitors’ galleries.
snowy day on capitol hill
i love photoshop. this photo was even more grey before i played with it.
notice the tiny security forces on the roof
Lincoln the Legislator by Avard Fairbanks stands to the right of the Amateis doors. It recalls Lincoln’s single term in Congress which started in 1847. In his 1860 autobiography, Lincoln explained that he “was not a candidate for reelection. This was determined upon and declared before he went to Washington, in accordance with an understanding among Whig friends, by which Colonel Hardin and Colonel Baker had each previously served a single term in this same district.”
His law partner, William H. Herndon, recalled, “With the close of Lincoln’s Congressional career he drops out of sight as a political factor … He did not solicit or contend for a renomination to Congress, and such was the unfortunate result of his position on public questions that it is doubtful if he could have succeeded had he done so.”
The inscription, edited and formatted for clarity, reads:
Lincoln the Legislator
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Independent journalist Josh Sautter at the September 15, 2007, march on Washington, DC, to end the Iraq war.
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A transcription, edited and formatted for clarity:
Václav Havel
1936-2011
[Shield of Coat of Arms of Czech Republic: Quarterly: first and fourth gules, a lion rampant queue forchée argent armed, langued and crowned Or (Bohemia); second azure, an eagle displayed chequé gules and argent armed, langued and crowned Or (Moravia); third Or, an eagle displayed sable armed and langued gules crowned of the field and charged on the breast with a crescent terminating in trefoils at each end with issuing from the centrepoint a cross patée argent (Silesia).]
President of Czechoslovakia 1989-1992 &
Czech Republic 1993-2003
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The domed, white-painted ceiling of the Chamber is elaborately coffered and enriched by decorative moldings. A central, semicircular skylight is bordered by five smaller circular skylights; they originally provided the Chamber with natural light but are now artificially lit. Additional light was provided by a large brass chandelier made by Cornelius and Company, a prestigious Philadelphia firm, like the one now hanging above the Vice President’s desk.
Marble busts of the earliest chief justices have been returned to their original locations in the room. In order of service, those represented are: John Jay (1789-1795), John Rutledge (1795), Oliver Ellsworth (1796-1800), and John Marshall (1801-1835).
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Caesar Rodney
This statue of Caesar Rodney was given by Delaware to the National Statuary Hall Collection in 1934.
•Artist: Bryan Baker
•Material: Marble
•State: Given by Delaware in 1934
•Location: Crypt, U.S. Capitol
Caesar Rodney was born in Dover, Delaware, on October 7, 1728. Politics was one of his early interests. He was high sheriff of Kent County from 1755 to 1756, justice of the peace, judge of all lower courts, captain in the Kent County Militia in 1756, superintendent of the printing of Delaware currency in 1759, a member of the state assembly from 1762 to 1769, and an associate justice of the Delaware Supreme Court from 1769 to 1777.
A delegate to the Stamp Act Congress and a strong supporter of the Revolution, he participated in the First and Second Continental Congresses. His dramatic ride to Philadelphia on July 2, 1776, enabled the Delaware delegation to vote two to one for the Declaration of Independence. Rodney was elected the first president of Delaware and was responsible for keeping the militia loyal and efficient. He had a close relationship with General Washington. He was also responsible for guiding Delaware’s ratification of the Articles of Confederation in 1779.
The last ten years of his life were difficult as he suffered from cancer. Rodney died at his farm, Poplar Grove, on June 26, 1784. His remains were reinterred in 1888 at the Christ Episcopal Churchyard in Dover.