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[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.

[Second Floor, East Corridor. Mosaic of Minerva by Elihu Vedder within...

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

[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

[Good administration mural by Elihu Vedder, Jefferson Building, Librar...

Photo of semi-circular panel in five-part mural called "Government" shows woman seated on "good administration" holding fair scale and a person on each side of her, all in classical garb. Stamped on verso: This... More

Elihu Vedder - The keeper of the threshold

Title from jacket. "M 795" on transparency. Photograph of a painting "copyrighted by Elihu Vedder, 1898." No Detroit Publishing Co. number. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

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

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

Elihu Vedder - [Study drawings for a mural]

Study drawings show a female figure facing right, an arm and hand holding a scythe, a figure facing rear holding up a horn, and a forearm and hand gripping twigs or wheat. Gift; American Academy of Arts and Let... More

Elihu Vedder - Peace - prosperity, engraving, Library of Congress

Semi-circular panel from mural entitled The Government by Elihu Vedder, in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, showing partially nude woman seated on "peace - prosperity" with hands on wreaths, a... More

Elihu Vedder, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

[Pastel study for the central figure of Anarchy]

Study drawing shows the central figure of Anarchy, partially draped, holding a chalice with her left hand, representing maddening by wine, and a burning scroll in her right hand. She tramples a scroll. The mura... More

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

[Lobby to Main Reading Room. Government mural by Elihu Vedder. Library...

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

[Study of figure of Arts in the mural Peace and prosperity, no. 2]

Study drawing shows a winged boy, nude, crouching facing left as he paints a vase. This is a study for the figure of Arts in the Library of Congress mural Peace and prosperity, who faces right in the final rend... More

[Study sketch showing details of Good Administration panel of mural ti...

Gift; American Academy of Arts and Letters; 1955. Exhibited: Art of Elihu Vedder, National Collection of Fine Arts, 1979.

Think Congressional Library anarchy altered by E. Vedder

Study drawing shows the central figure of Anarchy, nude, holding down a parchment with her right hand. The mural Anarchy was installed in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in 1896. Title inscrib... More

Think Congressional Library anarchy altered by E. Vedder

Study drawing shows the central figure of Anarchy, nude, holding down a parchment with her right hand. The mural Anarchy was installed in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in 1896. Title inscrib... More

Elihu Vedder - Good administration, engraving, Library of Congress

Semi-circular panel in 5-part mural called "Government" in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, showing woman seated on "good administration" holding fair scale, and a person on each side of her, ... More

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.

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.

[Study for Peace and prosperity panel of mural titled Government, loca...

Gift; American Academy of Arts and Letters; 1955. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elihu Vedder - [Boy holdng a plaque]

Drawing shows a boy in classical garb, nude at the chest, facing slightly right and holding a plaque. This is a study for Dea Fortuna resta con noi (Goddess of Fortune stay with us), 1893, now in the collection... More

Pace. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Study drawing shows drapery and details of feet and an elbow. This is a study for the allegorical figure of Peace in the Library of Congress mural Peace and prosperity. The mural was installed in the Jefferson ... More

[Study for figure of Arts in the mural Peace and prosperity, no. 4]

Study drawing shows a boy, nude, crouching facing right. This is a study for the figure of Arts in the Library of Congress mural Peace and prosperity, installed in 1896. Gift; American Academy of Arts and Letters; 1955.

Elihu Vedder - An enigma of the sea

Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of a painting signed "E. Vedder, 1879" at Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 489. Gift; State Historical Society... More

[Sketch showing female nude, seated, full length, facing left for mura...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artwork, female nude figure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[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, 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 of figure of Arts in the mural Peace and prosperity, no. 2]

Study drawing shows a winged boy, nude, crouching facing left as he paints a vase. This is a study for the figure of Arts in the Library of Congress mural Peace and prosperity, who faces right in the final rend... More

Elihu Vedder - [Study of drapery, no. 2]

Study drawing shows drapery, perhaps for a mural. Gift; American Academy of Arts and Letters; 1955. Exhibited: Art of Elihu Vedder, National Collection of Fine Arts, 1979.

Elihu Vedder - Anarchy, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson building...

Semi-circular panel from mural entitled The Government by Elihu Vedder, in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, showing two women and one man nude or in classical garb with tools of destruction am... More

Minerva, design for a mosaic by Elihu Vedder, Congressional Library, W...

Photo of Design for mosaic for the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building showing Minerva holding spear and scroll, with winged statue, rain, and portrait medallion in lower right corner. Copley print co... More

[Pastel study for the central figure of Anarchy]

Study drawing shows the central figure of Anarchy, partially draped, holding a chalice with her left hand, representing maddening by wine, and a burning scroll in her right hand. She tramples a scroll. The mura... More

[Study drawing for the figure of Agriculture in the mural Peace and pr...

Study drawing shows the allegorical figure of Agriculture, nude, kneeling facing left holding a stick for the Library of Congress mural Peace and prosperity. The mural was installed in the Jefferson Building in... More

Elihu Vedder, in garden - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a garden, gardening, agriculture, plants, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Lobby to Main Reading Room. Anarchy mural by Elihu Vedder. Library of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Elihu Vedder - [Study of drapery, no. 2]

Study drawing shows drapery, perhaps for a mural. Gift; American Academy of Arts and Letters; 1955. Exhibited: Art of Elihu Vedder, National Collection of Fine Arts, 1979.

Elihu Vedder - Congressional Library studies "Peace"

Study drawing shows hands and feet for the allegorical Library of Congress mural Peace and prosperity. The mural was installed in the Jefferson Building in 1896. Gift; American Academy of Arts and Letters; 1955.

Elihu Vedder - [Boy holdng a plaque]

Drawing shows a boy in classical garb, nude at the chest, facing slightly right and holding a plaque. This is a study for Dea Fortuna resta con noi (Goddess of Fortune stay with us), 1893, now in the collection... More

[Sketch showing female nude, seated, full length, facing left for mura...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artwork, female nude figure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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]

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

[Study for the central figure of Anarchy]

Study drawing shows the central figure of Anarchy, partially draped, holding a burning torch made from a scroll with her right hand and a chalice, representing maddening by wine. She tramples scholarship, relig... More

Reading room vestibule. Anarchy / Elihu Vedder, Rome, 1896.

Photo of semi-circular panel from mural entitled The Government in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building showing two women and one man nude or in classical garb with tools of destruction amid ruins labeled... More

[Second Floor, East Corridor. Mosaic of Minerva by Elihu Vedder within...

Exhibit caption: "Pictured on this mosaic in the arched panel is the Roman Goddess Minerva guardian of civilization. She is portrayed as the Minerva of Peace, but according to the artist who created her, Elihu... More

[Study for Peace and prosperity panel of mural titled Government, loca...

Gift; American Academy of Arts and Letters; 1955. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elihu Vedder - Pace, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson building, W...

Study drawing shows drapery and details of feet and an elbow. This is a study for the allegorical figure of Peace in the Library of Congress mural Peace and prosperity. The mural was installed in the Jefferson ... More

[Boy with long hair facing slightly left]

Drawing shows head and shoulders of a nude boy with long hair, facing slightly left. Below are two study drawings for the right hand. This is a study for Dea Fortuna resta con noi (Goddess of Fortune stay with ... More

[Study of figure holding cloth and book]

Study drawing shows the right arm a female figure grasping the folds of cloth and the left arm holding a book. It is probably a study drawing for a mural. Gift; American Academy of Arts and Letters; 1955.

[Study for figure of Arts in the mural Peace and prosperity, no. 1]

Study drawing shows the feet, arm, legs and hips of Arts, a nude male, facing left and holding pottery. Arts faces right in the final rendering of the mural. Peace and prosperity was installed in the Jefferson ... More

Elihu Vedder - Design for Minerva Congressional Library

Study drawing shows full-length design for mosaic of Minerva facing right, with a staff in her right hand and a scroll in her left. The mosaic of Minerva was installed in the Jefferson Building of the Library o... More

[Lobby to Main Reading Room. Peace and Prosperity mural by Elihu Vedde...

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

[Study drawing for the figure of Agriculture in the mural Peace and pr...

Study drawing shows the allegorical figure of Agriculture, nude, kneeling facing left holding a stick for the Library of Congress mural Peace and prosperity. The mural was installed in the Jefferson Building in... More

[Study of the arms and hands of Peace in Peace and prosperity]

Study drawing shows the left arm holding a wreath, an elbow or knee, and cupped arms and hands for the allegorical Library of Congress mural Peace and prosperity. The mural was installed in the Jefferson Buildi... More

Elihu Vedder - Head of Minerva - Drawing. Public domain image.

Painting was a preparatory study for the mosaic Minerva, which is in the Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Purchase; Christie's New York; 2006; (DLC/PP-2006:001).

Elihu Vedder - Study Minerva Washington Congressional Library

Drawing shows bust and shoulders of Minerva facing right, and above her left an arm holding a scroll. This is a study for the mosaic of Minerva installed in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in ... More

[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 - The keeper of the threshold

Title based on negative D416-795. Photograph of a painting signed "Elihu Vedder." Detroit Publishing Co. no. 050388. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Second Floor, East Corridor. Mosaic of Minerva by Elihu Vedder, with r...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credi... More

[Two bookplates owned by artist Elihu Vedder]

Forms part of the Ruthven Deane Bookplate Collection. Accession box no. 23-1

Study of the figure of Peace in Peace and prosperity

Study drawing shows the nude torso, arms and wreaths for the allegorical figure of Peace in the Library of Congress mural Peace and prosperity. The mural was installed in the Jefferson Building in 1896. Gift; A... More

[Study of the olive branch held by Peace in the mural Peace and prospe...

Study drawing shows the olive branch held in the right hand of Peace, whose nude body is partially visible. The mural Peace and prosperity was installed in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in 1... More

Study for panel of mural titled Anarchy, located at the Jefferson Buil...

Semi-circular panel showing two women and one man, partially nude or draped in classical garb and holding tools of destruction amid ruins. Purchase; Kennedy Galleries; 1979; (DLC/PP-1979:237).

[Study for Peace and prosperity panel of mural titled Government, loca...

Gift; American Academy of Arts and Letters; 1955. Public domain photograph of erotic art, sexuality, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elihu Vedder - [Minerva], Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson buildi...

Sketch for mosaic design in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building great hall shows the goddess Minerva driving a horse-drawn chariot. Notation on recto: "9 - 1 in." Notation on label removed from v... More

Study drawing for a mural showing dancing figures

Study drawing for a mural, perhaps one in the Jefferson building of the Library of Congress, showing a vignette of figures dancing. Three putti frame the image. Signed lower right: W. Shirlaw.

Elihu Vedder - Elihu Vedder, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

Study drawing for a mural showing dancing figures

Study drawing for a mural, perhaps one in the Jefferson building of the Library of Congress, showing a vignette of figures dancing. Three putti frame the image. Signed lower right: W. Shirlaw.

Elihu Vedder - Congressional Library studies "Peace"

Study drawing shows hands and feet for the allegorical Library of Congress mural Peace and prosperity. The mural was installed in the Jefferson Building in 1896. Gift; American Academy of Arts and Letters; 1955.

[Study drawing for the figure of Agriculture in the mural Peace and pr...

Study drawing shows the allegorical figure of Agriculture, nude, kneeling facing left holding a stick for the Library of Congress mural Peace and prosperity. The mural was installed in the Jefferson Building in... More

Elihu Vedder - [Ignorance - figure in "Anarchy"]

Study drawing shows the figure of Ignorance from the mural Anarchy, holding her staff. The mural was installed in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in 1896. Gift; American Academy of Arts and L... More

Study for figure of Agriculture in the mural Peace and prosperity

Study drawing shows Agriculture, a nude male, facing left and holding a stick upright. The mural Peace and prosperity was installed in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in 1896. Gift; American A... More

[Manuscript letter from artist, Elihu Vedder to Ruthven Deane, with or...

Elihu Vedder - Study of drapery, no. 1

Study drawing shows drapery, similar to that behind the figure of Peace in the Library of Congress mural Peace and prosperity. The mural was installed in 1896. Gift; American Academy of Arts and Letters; 1955. ... More

[Bookplate of Anita Herriman Vedder, Rome, Italy] / EV.

Print shows the words "Let me dream" above the figure of a woman nestled in a shell like form. Forms part of the Ruthven Deane Bookplate Collection. Accession box no. 23-1

[Study for the central figure of Anarchy holding a chalice]

Study drawing shows the central figure of Anarchy, partially draped, holding a chalice with her left hand. Her left foot rests on a scroll. She lacks facial features and her right hand. The mural Anarchy was in... More

Lobby to Main Reading Room. Anarchy mural by Elihu Vedder. Library of ...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2007; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Elihu Vedder - Study of drapery, no. 1

Study drawing shows drapery, similar to that behind the figure of Peace in the Library of Congress mural Peace and prosperity. The mural was installed in 1896. Gift; American Academy of Arts and Letters; 1955. ... More

Study for panel of mural titled Anarchy, located at the Jefferson Buil...

Semi-circular panel showing two women and one man, partially nude or draped in classical garb and holding tools of destruction amid ruins. Purchase; Kennedy Galleries; 1979; (DLC/PP-1979:237).

[Study sketch showing details of Good Administration panel of mural ti...

Gift; American Academy of Arts and Letters; 1955. Exhibited: Art of Elihu Vedder, National Collection of Fine Arts, 1979.

Elihu Vedder - [Study drawings for a mural]

Study drawings show a female figure facing right, an arm and hand holding a scythe, a figure facing rear holding up a horn, and a forearm and hand gripping twigs or wheat. Gift; American Academy of Arts and Let... More