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Library of Congress Jefferson Bldg: America Fostering the Arts & Industries tympanum (ca. 1897) in Washington, D.C.
by William Boyd, Edward Pierce Casey, J L Smithmeyer, Paul J Pelz (click name for more of that artist's work)
located in James M. Goode's Capitol Hill area (click link for more in that area)
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North side:
The child on the left (Industries) holds a book & has a globe at this feet.
The child on the right (Arts) sits beside a pallette, paint brushes & an Ionic capital representing painting & architecture.
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0000001/00197_0010013409.jpg (added ca. 3/29/2007)
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South side:
The child on the left (Industries) sits beside an anvil & a cog wheel which represent commerce.
The child on the right (arts) sits next to a harp & an open book which represent music & literature.
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0000001/00197_0010013429.jpg (added ca. 3/29/2007)
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Looks like they're all the same.
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See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture' (hardcover p 44 Item #1.28; Capitol Hill area);
'Outdoor Sculpture' (paperback p76 Item #A-27)
Medium: Granite
Artist: William Boyd, Edward Pierce Casey, J L Smithmeyer, Paul J Pelz (click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Allegory, Mythology
Location: Independence Ave & 1st St SE Washington, D.C. Library of Congress
See Capitol Hill area in James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Capitol South (Orange - Blue) (click station name for all pieces nearby)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 76005271 (dcMem ID #197 )
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