This list includes works in the collections under the care of the Architect of the Capitol, U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, and is not exhaustive.
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Podcast Episode: Native American Voices in the Capitol Collection
This podcast is part of the Shaping History: Women in Capitol Art series created by the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. Listen below to hear about the women artists and women historical figures depicted in the art of the Capitol.
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Paintings
- Baptism of Pocahontas
Oil on canvas by John G. Chapman, 1840.
Rotunda. - Discovery of the Hudson River
Oil on canvas by Albert Bierstadt, 1874. - Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto
Oil on canvas by William H. Powell, 1853.
Rotunda. - Entrance Into Monterey
Oil on canvas by Albert Bierstadt, 1876. - Landing of Columbus
Oil on canvas by John Vanderlyn, 1846.
Rotunda. - Portrait of Pocahontas
Oil on canvas, copy of 17th-century painting by an unknown artist, given in 1899.
S–223. - Paintings of Indian Life for the House Committee on Indian Affairs (now the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs)
Oil on canvas by Seth Eastman, 1867–1869.
1324 Longworth House Office Building.
Murals
- Allegorical figure of America
Detail of fresco by Constantino Brumidi, 1856.
H-144. - America
Detail of ceiling decoration, fresco by Constantino Brumidi, c. 1857.
S-127. - Bartolomé de Las Casas, the Apostle of the Indians
Oil on plaster by Constantino Brumidi, 1876.
Above door of S-133. - Columbus and the Indian Maiden
Fresco by Constantino Brumidi, c. 1875.
Above door of S-132. - Indian faces, details of ceiling decoration in panels on ribs of vault
Tempera on plaster by Constantino Brumidi, c. 1857.
S-127. - Indian chiefs, details in ceiling decoration
Tempera with gilded background, probably by Carl Rakemann, 1850s.
House corridor, second floor. - Revolutionary battle scenes including Indians, details of ceiling
Tempera on plaster by Constantino Brumidi, c. 1857.
S-128. - Indian head, detail in arch
Tempera on plaster designed by Constantino Brumidi, c. 1855.
S-213. - Indians, details of ceiling
Tempera on plaster by Constantino Brumidi, 1860, repainted by Cliff Young, 1980.
Zodiac Corridor, Senate wing, first floor. - Indian chief with bow, vignette on left side of The Mayflower Compact, 1620
Oil on canvas on wall by Allyn Cox, 1973–1982.
Great Experiment Hall, House wing, first floor. - Westward Expansion Hall
Oil-on-canvas ceiling murals by EverGreene Painting Studios, 1993–1994.
House wing, first floor.- List of Indian tribes on map, Central North America
- List of Indian tribes on map, From the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River
- List of Indian tribes on map, From Texas to the Pacific Ocean
- List of Indian tribes on map, Terra Incognita
- Alaskan Purchase, 1867
- Fur Trade
- Indian Ceremony
- Island Dance
- Lewis and Clark
- Sandwich Islands
- Spanish Mission
- Stalking Deer
- Timucuan Village
- Frieze of American History
Fresco by Constantino Brumidi, 1877–1880, and Filippo Costaggini, 1881–1889.
Rotunda.- "Landing of Columbus" by Constantino Brumidi
- "Cortez and Montezuma at Mexican Temple" by Constantino Brumidi
- "Captain Smith and Pocahontas" by Constantino Brumidi
- "William Penn and the Indians" by Constantino Brumidi
- "Oglethorpe and the Indians" by Filippo Costaggini from sketch by Brumidi
- "Death of Tecumseh" by Filippo Costaggini from sketch by Brumidi
- Native American implements, four quatrefoils in ceiling
Oil on plaster by James Leslie, 1857.
H-128.
Sculpture—Reliefs
- Conflict of Daniel Boone and the Indians, 1773
Sandstone by Enrico Causici, 1826–1827.
Rotunda. - Landing of the Pilgrims, 1620
Sandstone by Enrico Causici, 1825.
Rotunda. - William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1682
Sandstone by Nicholas Gevelot, 1827.
Rotunda. - Preservation of Captain Smith by Pocahontas, 1606
Sandstone by Antonio Capellano, 1825.
Rotunda. - Scenes of Père Marquette preaching to the Indians, and of Marquette, Joliet, and Indian guide exploring the upper Mississippi
Bronze by Gaetano Trentanove, 1895.
On base of James Marquette statue in the House Connecting Corridor.
Sculpture—Busts
- Aysh-Ke-Bah-Ke-Ko-Zhay (Flat Mouth), Chippewa chief
Marble by Francis Vincenti, 1858.
Senate wing, third floor, east corridor. - Beeshekee (Buffalo), Chippewa warrior
Marble by Francis Vincenti, 1855.
Senate wing, third floor, east corridor. - Beeshekee (Buffalo), Chippewa warrior
Bronze cast by Joseph Lassalle, 1858, after the bust by Francis Vincenti.
House wing, second floor, west stairway. - Vice President Charles Curtis
Marble by Moses A. Wainer Dykaar, dated 1929, accepted in 1935.
Senate corridor, second floor.
Sculpture—Figures
- Indian Fountain
Bronze by William H. Rinehart, 1857. - Indian statuette on House Clock
Bronze by William H. Rinehart, 1857.
Crypt display case. - King Kamehameha I
Bronze by Thomas R. Gould, 1879.
Capitol Visitor Center. - Po'pay
Marble by Cliff Fragua, 2005.
Capitol Visitor Center. - Will Rogers
Bronze by Jo Davidson, 1939.
House Connecting Corridor, second floor. - Sakakawea
Bronze by Leonard Crunelle, 1909 (copied by Arizona Bronze Atelier in 2003).
Capitol Visitor Center. - Sequoyah
Bronze by Vinnie Ream Hoxie, 1917.
National Statuary Hall. - Chief Standing Bear
Bronze by Benjamin Victor, 2019.
National Statuary Hall. - Chief Washakie
Bronze by Dave McGary, 2000.
Capitol Visitor Center. - Sarah Winnemucca
Bronze by Benjamin Victor, 2005.
Capitol Visitor Center. - Progress of Civilization
Figures modeled in Rome by Thomas Crawford in 1854; marble carved at the Capitol in 1855–1859, erected in 1863.
Senate wing pediment.
Sculpture—Bronze Doors
- Columbus Doors
Designed and modeled by Randolph Rogers in 1858; bronze cast in 1861, installed in 1863. - House Doors
Designed by Thomas Crawford in 1855–1857, models made in 1863–1867; bronze cast in 1903, installed in 1905.
Formerly on View
- Discovery of America
Marble by Luigi Persico, erected 1844.
In storage (formerly on East Front). - Rescue
Marble by Horatio Greenough, erected 1853.
In storage (formerly on East Front). - Victory Bringing Forth Young America, base of statue of John Marshall
Bas relief in marble by William Wetmore Story, 1883.
Statue moved to Supreme Court Building; base in storage (formerly on U.S. Capitol Grounds, West Front).