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This study recounts the many ill-fated attempts to win the elusive commission for the House pediment of the U.S. Capitol Building, then follows with a detailed chronology of the actual commission, beginning with the awarding of the project in 1908 to the expatriate American sculptor Paul Wayland Bartlett and concluding with the pediment's unveiling in 1916. Illustrated.Somma, Thomas P. is the author of 'Apotheosis of Democracy, 1908-1916 The Pediment for the House Wing of the United States Capitol' with ISBN 9780874135282 and ISBN 0874135281.
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