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Speaker’s Room Stereoview

Stereoview with two nearly identical black and white photographs of the Speaker’s Room in the Capitol, with a breakfront, statue, prints, mantel clock, spittoons, and patterned carpet, arranged side by side on yellow cardboard/tiles/collection/6/6514.xml
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Stereoview with two nearly identical black and white photographs of the Speaker’s Room in the Capitol, with a breakfront, statue, prints, mantel clock, spittoons, and patterned carpet, arranged side by side on yellow cardboard
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Date

1870-1873

Publisher

J.F. Jarvis

Dimensions

3 1/2 x 7 in. (8.9 x 17.8 cm)

Accession Number

2007.267.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

The Victorian love of knicknacks was given free rein in the Speaker’s office in the 1870s. Artist Vinnie Ream’s allegorical white marble sculpture of “The West” soon left the House, but the oversized cabinet-cum-desk, oval lithographs of early Speakers, and bronze statuettes of Greek philosophers remain part of the House’s collection. The elaborate cherub sconces continue to light the space, which in 1879 was altered to become part of the Speaker’s Lobby.

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