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Paintings
Baptism of Pocahontas
Oil on canvas by John G. Chapman, 1840. Located in the Rotunda.
Discovery of the Hudson River
Oil on canvas by Albert Bierstadt, 1874. House of Representatives; currently in storage.
Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto
Oil on canvas by William H. Powell, 1853. Located in the Rotunda.
Entrance Into Monterey
Oil on canvas by Albert Bierstadt, 1876. House of Representatives; currently in storage.
Landing of Columbus
Oil on canvas by John Vanderlyn, 1846. Located in the Rotunda.
Portrait of Pocahontas
Oil on canvas copy of 17th-century painting by an unknown artist, given in 1893. Located in 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. Located in 1324 Longworth House Office Building.
    • Buffalo Chase
    • Death Whoop
    • Dog Dance of the Dakotas
    • Feeding the Dead
    • Indian Council
    • Indian Mode of Traveling
    • Indian Woman Dressing a Deer Skin
    • Rice Gatherers
    • Spearing Fish in Winter
 
Murals
Allegorical figure of America
Detail of fresco by Constantino Brumidi, 1856. Located in H-144.
America
Detail of ceiling decoration, fresco by Constantino Brumidi, c. 1857. Located in S-127.
Bartolomé de Las Casas, the Apostle of the Indians
Oil on plaster by Constantino Brumidi, 1876. Located above door of S-133 in the Senate wing, first floor, west corridor.
Columbus and the Indian Maiden
Fresco by Constantino Brumidi, c. 1875. Located above door of S-132 in the Senate wing, first floor, west corridor.
Indian faces, details of ceiling decoration in panels on ribs of vault
Tempera on plaster by Constantino Brumidi, c. 1857. Located in S-127.
Indian chiefs, details in ceiling decoration
Tempera with gilded background, probably by Rakemann, 1903. Located in the House corridor, second floor.
Revolutionary battle scenes including Indians, details of ceiling
Tempera on plaster by Constantino Brumidi, c. 1857. Located in S-128.
Indian head, detail in arch
Tempera on plaster designed by Constantino Brumidi, c. 1855. Located in S-213.
Indians, details of ceiling
Tempera on plaster by Constantino Brumidi, 1860, repainted by Cliff Young, 1980. Located in the 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. Located in the Great Experiment Hall, House wing, first floor.
Westward Expansion Hall
Oil-on-canvas ceiling murals by EverGreene Painting Studios, 1993–1994. Located in the House wing, first floor.
List of Indian tribes on map in Bay 1
Stalking Deer
Timucuan Village
List of Indian tribes on map in Bay 6
List of Indian tribes on map in Bay 7
Lewis and Clark
Indian Ceremony
List of Indian tribes on map in Bay 9
Spanish Mission
Fur Trade
Alaskan Purchase, 1867
Island Dance
Sandwich Islands, Annexed 1898
Frieze of American History
Fresco by Constantino Brumidi, 1877–1880, and Filippo Costaggini, 1881–1889. Located in the 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. Located in H-128.
 
Sculpture--Reliefs
Conflict of Daniel Boone and the Indians, 1773
Sandstone by Enrico Causici, 1826–1827. Located above south door of the Rotunda.
Landing of the Pilgrims, 1620
Sandstone by Enrico Causici, 1825. Located above east door of the Rotunda.
William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1682
Sandstone by Nicholas Gevelot, 1827. Located above north door of the Rotunda.
Preservation of Captain Smith by Pocahontas, 1606
Sandstone by Antonio Capellano, 1825. Located above west door of the Rotunda.
Scenes of Père Marquette preaching to the Indians, and of Marquette, Joliet, and Indian guide exploring the upper Mississippi, on base of statue of James Marquette
Bronze by Gaetano Trentanove, 1895. Located in the House Connecting Corridor.
 
Sculpture--Busts
Aysh-Ke-Bah-Ke-Ko-Zhay (Flat Mouth), Chippewa chief
Marble by Francis Vincenti, 1858. Located in the Senate wing, third floor, east corridor.
Beeshekee (Buffalo), Chippewa warrior
Marble by Francis Vincenti, 1855. Located in the Senate wing, third floor, east corridor.
Beeshekee (Buffalo), Chippewa warrior
Bronze cast by Joseph Lassalle, 1858, after the bust by Francis Vincenti. Located in the House wing, second floor, west stairway.
Vice President Charles Curtis
Marble by Moses A. Wainer Dykaar, dated 1929, accepted in 1935. Located in the Senate corridor, second floor.
 
Sculpture--Figures
Indian Fountain
Bronze by William H. Rinehart, 1857. Located in SB-14.
Indian statuette on House Clock
Bronze by William H. Rinehart, 1857. Located in the Crypt Display Case.
King Kamehameha I
Bronze by Thomas R. Gould, 1879. Located in the Capitol Visitor Center.
Po’pay
Marble,by Cliff Fragua, 2005. Located in the Capitol Visitor Center.
Will Rogers
Bronze by Jo Davidson, 1939. Located in the House Connecting Corridor, second floor.
Sakakawea
Bronze by Leonard Crunelle, 1909 (copied by Arizona Bronze Atelier in 2003). Located in the Capitol Visitor Center.
Sequoyah
Bronze by Vinnie Ream Hoxie, 1917. Located in National Statuary Hall.
Chief Washakie
Bronze by Dave McGary, 2000. Located in the Capitol Visitor Center.
Sarah Winnemucca
Bronze by Benjamin Victor, 2005. Located in the 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. Located in the Senate Pediment.
 
Sculpture--Bronze Doors
Columbus Doors
Designed and modeled by Randolph Rogers in 1858; bronze cast in 1861, installed in 1863. Located in the East Central Entrance.
The Landing of Columbus in the New World
Columbus's First Encounter with the Indians
Entry of Columbus into Barcelona
Columbus In Chains
House Doors
Designed by Thomas Crawford in 1855–1857, models made in 1863–1867; bronze cast in 1903, installed in 1905. Located in the House Entrance (East).
Massacre of Wyoming, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1778
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 on 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 Capitol Grounds, West Front).
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