Frieze of American History - Death of Tecumseh
Description
- Creators
- Constantino Brumidi, Artist
- Filippo Constaggini, Artist
- Allyn Cox, Artist
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Relief printed etchings
- Description
- The Frieze of American History in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol contains a painted panorama depicting significant events in American history. The frieze's 19 scenes is the work of three artists: Constantino Brumidi, Filippo Constaggini and Allyn Cox. The frieze is painted in grisaille, a monochrome of whites and browns that resembles sculpture. It measures 8 feet 4 inches in height and approximately 300 feet in circumference. It starts 58 feet above the floor. Tecumseh, chief, warrior and orator, is shown being fatally shot by Colonel Johnson at the Battle of the Thames in Upper Canada during the War of 1812. The piece was started in 1878, a section was completed in 1880, and the work in total was completed in 1953.
- Date of Original
- 1953
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 2600in
Image Height: 972in
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Johnson, Richard M. ; Tecumseh
- Local identifier
- SNPL000062v00i
- Collection
- Six Nations Legacy Consortium Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Washington, D.C., United States
Latitude: 38.8894406454206 Longitude: -77.0091549339294
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- Donor
- Six Nations Legacy Consortium
- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Protected by copyright: Uses are subject to the terms of a contract. Contact the repository for further information. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- Rotunda of the United States Capitol
- Contact
- Six Nations Public LibraryEmail:info@snpl.ca
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