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THE CAPITOL DOME 38 who would later prove he had sufficient Irish ancestry to satisfy those involved in the Barry commission, was responsible for the Plato and Sir Francis Bacon statues (fig. 10); John Donoghue (1853–1903) for Science and St. Paul; John Flanagan (1865–1952) for Commerce (fig. 11); and Louis Saint-Gaudens (1854–1913), younger brother of the more famous Augustus, for the represen- tation of Homer. Among them, Flanagan had the dis- tinction of a separate commission, to model the clock for the Reading Room (fig. 12). e clock, which has considerable prominence, is positioned over the main entrance, and the figure of Father Time is probably the most familiar of all the sculptures in the room. Aer all, who doesn't have occasion to check out the clock when making use of a library! It is an elaborate structure comprising sev- eral figures and decorative elements worked in different materials: bronze, colored marbles, and mosaic. e energy and dynamism in the sweeping movement of the group of Father Time and the attendant Day and Night are countered by the calm concentration of the figures of a Reader and Writer, positioned on either side of the clock. In its fluid Beaux Arts style the group reveals no connection with the work of Crawford a half a century Fig. 10. Francis Bacon, by John Boyle (1852?–1917), 1896 Fig. 11. Commerce, by John Flanagan (1865–1952), 1896