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Elihu Vedder - [Corrupt legislation]

Elihu Vedder - [Corrupt legislation]

Design drawing for lunette mural in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building main reading room shows corrupt legislation symbolized by a scantily clothed woman holding half of a scale onto which a weal... More

Corrupt legislation, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson building, Washington DC

Corrupt legislation, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson building, W...

Semi-circular panel from mural entitled The Government by Elihu Vedder, in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, showing man, woman, and child in classical garb, with woman seated and holding an un... More

[Study for figure in Corrupt legislation without scale]

[Study for figure in Corrupt legislation without scale]

Study drawing shows the allegorical central figure in the Library of Congress mural Corrupt legislation with a staff across her lap. She wears some drapery. The mural was installed in the Jefferson Building in ... More

[Corrupt legislation mural by Elihu Vedder, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress]

[Corrupt legislation mural by Elihu Vedder, Jefferson Building, Librar...

Photo of semi-circular panel in five-part mural called "Government" shows man, woman, and child in classical garb, with woman seated and holding an unjust scale.

[Study for central figure in Corrupt legislation]

[Study for central figure in Corrupt legislation]

Study drawing shows the allegorical central figure, nude, holding her scale in the Library of Congress mural Corrupt legislation. The mural was installed in the Jefferson Building in 1896. Gift; American Academ... More

[Lobby to Main Reading Room. Corrupt Legislation mural by Elihu Vedder. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Lobby to Main Reading Room. Corrupt Legislation mural by Elihu Vedder...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Study for central figure in Corrupt legislation]

[Study for central figure in Corrupt legislation]

Study drawing shows the allegorical central figure, nude, holding her scale in the Library of Congress mural Corrupt legislation. The mural was installed in the Jefferson Building in 1896. Gift; American Academ... More

Elihu Vedder - [Study for Corrupt legislation]

Elihu Vedder - [Study for Corrupt legislation]

Drawing shows the feet and figure of a girl in classical garb, facing right. This is a study for the figure on the left in the mural Corrupt legislation, installed in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Co... More

[Study for Corrupt legislation - figure at left]

[Study for Corrupt legislation - figure at left]

Drawing shows a girl in classical garb, facing right and holding a distaff and spindle, an allegory of idleness. This is a study for the mural Corrupt legislation, installed in the Jefferson Building of the Lib... More

Elihu Vedder - [Study for figure in Corrupt legislation]

Elihu Vedder - [Study for figure in Corrupt legislation]

Study drawing shows the allegorical central figure in the Library of Congress mural Corrupt legislation holding her scale. She wears some drapery. The mural was installed in the Jefferson Building in 1896. Gift... More

Reading room vestibule. Corrupt legislation / Elihu Vedder, Rome.

Reading room vestibule. Corrupt legislation / Elihu Vedder, Rome.

Photo of semi-circular panel from mural in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building entitled The Government, depicting man, woman, and child in classical garb holding an unjust scale.