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35 1. "Our Washington Letter," e Donaldson Chief (LA), Sept. 7, 1878, p. 1. 2. "e Capitol's Ghost: Sixty Years of Devotion to High Art on a Scaffold," e Washington Post, Apr. 1, 1878, p. 1. 3. e Evening Star (Washington), Jan. 4, 1902, p. 18. 4. "A Profitable Job," Andrew County Republican (MO), Mar. 31, 1876, p. 7, citing an article in the Philadel- phia Times. 5. Brumidi also painted Pope Pius IX's portrait; the assignment may have saved his life. A leader in the Italian revolution, Brumidi was arrested in 1851 for ordering the occupation of convents and monasteries by pro-republic troops. In his defense, he asserted that he did so under an official order to protect precious artwork from French soldiers. Despite abundant evidence supporting this claim, Brumidi was sentenced to eighteen years in prison for, among other things, seeking the "destruction of the Catho- lic Church." Pope Pius IX, however, granted Brumidi a full pardon, allowing him to leave the country. Barbara Wola- nin, Constantino Brumidi: Artist of the Capitol (Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1998), pp. 15-23. 6. Ibid., pp. 52-54. 7. e first room Brumidi painted is H-144, now the House Appropriations Committee Room. Ibid., p. 54. 8. Montgomery Meigs, Letter to Secretary of the Inte- rior, June 5, 1862. Architect of the Capitol (AOC) Archives. Note: all quotations include original spellings and gram- matical constructions. 9. "A Profitable Job." e article erroneously concluded that Brumidi had grown rich painting at the Capitol. 10. Wolanin, Constantino Brumidi, p. 131. 11. "Painting Under the Dome of the Capitol," Elk County Advocate (PA), Feb. 28, 1878, p. 4. 12. "Brumidi's Life Work: How He is Decorating the Capitol Rotunda," e Washington Post, Apr. 11, 1879, p. 1. Brumidi's studio was in his home located at 911 G Street, N.W., the current site of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memo- rial Library. 13. Milan Exchange (TN), Jan. 16, 1879, p. 3. 14. e frieze was done in grisaille, a technique using a monochrome of whites and browns to resemble the coloring of sculpture. Brumidi's shading added to the three-dimen- sional effect. AOC website, http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-hill/ murals/frieze-american-history, accessed Jan. 15, 2014. 15. "Painting Under the Dome of the Capitol." 16. "e Capitol's Ghost." 17. "Notes and Clippings," e American Architect and Building News, vol. 5, Jan. 11, 1879, p. 16. 18. Constantino Brumidi, Letter to Edward Clark, Dec. 27, 1878. AOC Archives. 19. e American Architect and Building News. 20. Milan Exchange. 21. "Brumidi's Life Work." 22. Mary Clemmer Ames, "A Woman's Letter," New York Independent, reprinted in Clearfield Republican (PA), July 16, 1879, p. 1. 23. Brumidi, Letter to Architect Edward Clark, Aug. 11, 1879, AOC Archives. 24. Brumidi, Letter to Architect Edward Clark, Aug. 18, 1879, AOC Archives. 25. Brumidi appears to have been placed and removed from the Architect's regular payroll more than one time during his years of service in the Capitol. Brumidi, Letter to Architect Clark, Sept. 29, 1879, AOC Archives. 26. Officer Humphrey Lemon was also referred to as Lamon or Lammon. "Brumidi's Narrow Escape, His Chair Upon the Scaffolding in the Capitol Dome Turns Over— End of His Work," e Washington Post, Oct. 2, 1879, p. 1. 27. "A Praiseworthy Act," e Washington Post, Oct. 6, 1879, p. 2. 28. e Baltimore Sun, Oct. 2, 1879, p. 1. 29. Brumidi, Petition to the Senate and the House of Representatives, Nov. 17, 1879, AOC Archives. 30. George C. Hazelton, Jr., e National Capitol: Its Ar- chitecture, Art and History (New York: J.F. Taylor & Company, 1902), pp. 98-99. 31. e Evening Star, Jan. 4, 1902. 32. "Letter from Washington," The Baltimore Sun, October 8, 1879, p. 4. 33. "The Best Work of His Life," Daily Record- Union (Sacramento, CA), Jan. 2, 1880, p. 2. 34. At the time of Brumidi's death, he lived at 921 G Street, N.W. Wolanin, Constantino Brumidi, p. 243. 35. "Death of a Great Artist," e Washington Post, Feb. 20, 1880, p. 1. e official death certificate listed "chronic Bright's Disease and uremia," or kidney failure. Wolanin, Constantino Brumidi, p. 171. 36. e National Republican (Washington, D.C.), Feb. 23, 1880, p. 4. 37. e Washington Post, Feb. 20, 1880. 38. e Congressional Record, 46th Cong., 2d sess., Feb. 24, 1880, p. 1075. 39. Ibid. 40. Wolanin, Constantino Brumidi, pp. 173-76. 41. In his petition to be placed on the regular payroll, Brumidi claimed that the "fright and shock" of the fall exacerbated his asthma, causing injury during the perfor- mance of his duty. Brumidi, Petition to the Senate and the House of Representatives, Nov. 17, 1879, AOC Archives. THE CAPITOL DOME SPRING 2014 N otes