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 located in James M. Goode's Capitol Hill area

William Boyd, Edward Pierce Casey, J L Smithmeyer, Paul J Pelz(click name for more of that artist's work)
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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_0010013419 (added ca. 3/29/2007)

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 (added ca. 3/29/2007)

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0000001/00197_0010013439 (added ca. 3/29/2007)

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0000001/00197_0010013469 (added ca. 3/29/2007)

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Looks like they're all the same.

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More Info
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 areain James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Capitol South(Orange - Blue - Silver) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 76005271 (dcMem ID #197 )

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