Chenoweth in two images here based on latrobes description. By her side stands the American Eagle supporting her left hand in which is the cap of liberty. Her right presents a scroll, the constitution of the united states, her foot treads upon a reversed crown on as a footstool and upon other emblems of monarchy and bondage. Franzoni also carved a spread winged eagle in the entrance. Its wings spread 12 feet, 6 inches in breadth. Four relief panels opposite the eagle were personifications representing agriculture, art, science and commerce. All were ruined in the fire but some vague outlines of horizontally oriented figures are discernible on latrobes 1815 sketch of the burnt colonnade. They suggest latrobe designed these based on the tower winds. When latrobe planned the sculpture for the second House Chamber, he resurrected his 1810 athena liberty. Franzoni made him enlarged in plaster and placed above the speakers chamber. Latrobes final figure of liberty holds the unfurled constitu
Finance, and pam is going to talk about Benjamin Henry latrobes work at the capitol. And, of course, latrobe is also the architect of Decatur House and st. Johns across the square, and so hopefully youll learn a great deal about this architectural genius this afternoon and enjoy the house tonight at the reception. Thank you. Come on, pam. [ applause ] thank you very much, bill. Your friendship over the years has meant a great deal to me as well. I want to add my thanks to the many, many thanks to the people who have organized this wonderful symposium. I have learned so much and have enjoyed it so much and im sure that we all feel that way about what is almost over but still ongoing. Today im talking about Benjamin Henry latrobes capitol. I am an architectural historian, and i hope that i have watered down a little bit of my rhetoric enough so that i can understandable to you all. The burning of the capitol on august 24th, 1814, was a are pref rather than a disaster for Benjamin Henry l
About an hour. Thank you. Our next speaker will be pamela scott, and pam is an old friend. I have known her for many, many years, and she is, i think, the authority on the history of public buildings in washington, d. C. She has been an architectural historian here in washington specializing in the architectural landscape and planning histories of the city and i have learned a tremendous amount from her over the years. Some of her books include the temple of liberty, buildings of the district of columbia, designing the nations capitol capitol, and the fortress of finance, and pam is going to talk about Benjamin Henry latrobes work at the capitol. And, of course, latrobe is also the architect of Decatur House and st. Johns across the square, and so hopefully youll learn a great deal about this architectural genius this afternoon and enjoy the house tonight at the reception. Thank you. Come on, pam. [laughter] [applause] thank you very much, bill. Your friendship over the years has meant
Limits. We passed through the map room, socalled because theres a map of europe over the mantelpiece and it shows the swastika symbols which plot the nazis theres a Little Medicine chest nearby about so big. And its got holes for vials of medicine and you can pull out the drawers. 1 in 1939, a canadian wrote to president roosevelt and his name was archibald canes. And he said, my grandfather was a paymaster aboard the british warship devastation which came up the Potomac River at that time and laid siege to alexandria and oversaw the raiding of the warehouses of Agricultural Produce. But i checked it up. Thomas canes was the paymaster of the devastation but none of the crew set foot in washington. So either he exchanged booty with another briton or archibald canes the canadian is mistaken as is the white house. Well, we then went to see the portrait of George Washington. They took away the rope that keeps you about 20 feet away and then for the first of countless times i saw the artis
Scott, and pam is an old friend. I have known her for many, many years, and she is, i think, the authority on the history of public buildings in washington, d. C. She has been an architectural historian here in washington specializing in the architectural landscape and planning histories of the city and i have learned a tremendous amount from her over the years. Some of her books include the temple of liberty, buildings of the district of columbia, designing the nations capit capitol, and the fortress of finance, and pam is going to talk about Benjamin Henry latrobes work at the capitol. And, of course, latrobe is also the architect of Decatur House and st. Johns across the square, and so hopefully youll learn a great deal about this architectural genius this afternoon and enjoy the house tonight at the reception. Thank you. Come on, pam. [ applause ] thank you very much, bill. Your friendship over the years has meant a great deal to me as well. I want to add my thanks to the many, man