Murals in Library of Congress by Chas. Sprague Pearce - The Message Bearer"" – Antique Wall Art
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The title names a single mural, *The Message Bearer*, painted by the American artist Charles Sprague Pearce for the Library of Congress. Pearce was a Paris-trained painter best known for figure scenes, and his commission belonged to the decorative program that filled the Thomas Jefferson Building in the 1890s, when the library set out to present learning and the arts through painting and sculpture. Because the caption card for this print carries no date and its details are unverified, the photograph is most useful as a record of how the decoration looked when it was taken. Its composition, with a single figure carrying a message, reflects the allegorical style favored in public buildings of that era.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 811 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-107550 |
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