The Capitol Dome

Spring 2014

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e Capitol Dome is a quarterly publication of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, 200 Maryland, Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002 P: (202) 543-8919 F: (202) 544-8244 Catalog Orders: (800) 887-9318 email: uschs@uschs.org on the web: www.uschs.org Chief Historian: Donald R. Kennon Editor: Lauren Borchard Designer: Diana E. Wailes Printer: HBP Whitmore All uncredited photos are courtesy of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. e U.S. Capitol Historical Society is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)3 educational organization. To help support its public programming, visit www.uschs.org. USCHS BOARD OF TRUSTEES Hon. Richard Baker, Ph.D. Hon. Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. Ken Bowling, Ph.D. Hon. Richard Burr Nicholas E. Calio Donald G. Carlson Hon. E. omas Coleman L. Neale Cosby Scott Cosby Nancy Dorn George C. "Bud" Garikes Bruce Heiman Hon. Richard Holwill Tim Keating Hon. Dirk Kempthorne Hon. John B. Larson Jennifer LaTourette Rob Lively Tamera Luzzatto Tim Lynch Norm Ornstein, Ph.D. Beverly L. Perry David Regan Cokie Roberts Hon. Ron Sarasin Mark Shields Dontai Smalls William G. Sutton, CAE Tina Tate Hon. Ellen O'Kane Tauscher James A. urber, Ph.D. Hon. Pat Tiberi Connie Tipton Hon. John C. Tuck Hon. Tom Udall J. Dennis Molloy (counsel) Contents Rome Brought to Washington in Brumidi's Murals for the United States Capitol by Barbara Wolanin..................................................................2 e American Artist as Scientist: Constantino Brumidi's Fresco of Robert Fulton for the United States Capitol by omas P. Somma..............................................................18 "From the Giddy Height Above:" Investigating Constantino Brumidi's Final Days in the Capitol Rotunda by Jane Armstrong Hudiburg................................................28 2013 Donor List..........................................................................36 Society News................................................................................40 Marketplace..................................................................................48 Cover: is profile relief portrait of George Washington, painted by Constantino Brumidi in the first room (H-144) in which he worked in the Capitol, demonstrated his ability to combine American objects and symbols with his Roman artistic training. (Image courtesy Architect of the Capitol) e photograph of the artist with his palette is from the Brady-Handy Collection in the Library of Congress. UNITED STATES CAPITOL ----------- HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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