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theoretically, mediate their impact by continuing to suggest an alternative vision that upheld historical narratives of the past in accord with the conventions of academic history painting. As commemorations of the 1876 Centennial would show, and as is visible in the breadth of today's Capitol art collection, the nation's historical memory encompasses many diverse com- ponents and points of view and is the richer for continuing to do so. DEBRA HANSON is an art historian and received her PhD in Art History from Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in 2005; she is currently an assistant profes- sor of art history at VCU's Middle Eastern campus in Doha, Qatar. She is also assistant director of the Honors Program at VCUQatar. Hanson has been awarded numerous fellowships from the U.S. Capitol Historical Society to conduct research at the Capitol and has written and presented extensively on the intersections of art, architectural space, politics, and historical memory within the Capitol. noteS 1. For an overview of the War of 1812 and on the issue of impressment see, among other sources, Walter Rybka, The Lake Erie Campaign of 1813 (London, 2012), pp. 11-31; Liz Sonneban, A Primary Source History of America's Second War (New York, 2003); and Theodore Roosevelt, The Naval War of 1812 (New York, 1887). 2. Rybka, Lake Erie Campaign, pp. 32-55. 3. For a biography of Perry, see David Skaggs, Oliver Hazard Perry: Honor, Courage, and Patriotism in the Early U.S. Navy (Annapolis, MD, 2006). 4. Quoted in Rybka, Lake Erie Campaign, p. 69. 5. Quoted in Rybka, Lake Erie Campaign, p. 70. 6. "Don't Give Up the Ship" was the dying command of Capt. James Lawrence (1781-1813), whose ship USS Chesapeake was attacked and captured by the British just three months before the Battle of Lake Erie. Perry had the words stitched onto his personal battle flag (also known as naval ensign), which later flew over his flagship Lawrence, named for his friend and fel- low officer. The flag is now in the collection of the U.S. Naval Museum in Annapolis. Fig. 12. Prisoners from the Front, Winslow Homer (1866) THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, GIFT OF MRS. FRANK B. PORTER, 1922, WWW.METMUSEUM.ORG 22 THE CAPITOL DOME