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(1867–1947), was also to carry out work in the Library of Congress, as well as in the Capitol and the Supreme Court building. In the census of 1910, Donnelly, who was born in Ireland, lists his profession as sculptor. However, he was less a fine art sculptor and more a stone carver like his father before him, mostly producing dec- orative architectural motifs. Donnelly established an eponymous firm of architectural sculptors and, although based in New York, it was noted in his obitu- ary that he "was reported at one time to have done about 90 percent of all the stone carving work inWashing- ton." 48 John Donnelly created the working models of the Supreme Court building for architect Cass Gilbert, as well as creating models for "exterior stone work, orna- THE CAPITOL DOME 40 Figs. 13 and 14. e East Pediment of the Supreme Court (Justice the Guardian of Liberty) was designed by Her- mon A. MacNeil (1866–1947) in 1935. e inclusion of John Donnelly, Sr.'s name on the east pediment marks his work on it as a carver.