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Dalip Singh Saund

Portrait painting of Dalip Singh Saund, half length, standing on a curved balcony with marble columns. Down the right side of the painting is a section painted like green marble with images of India, Mahatma Ghandi, Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. flag, Woodrow Wilson, the Statue of Liberty, California, and the Capitol. At the bottom, a section painted like marble reads, “There is no room in the United States of America for second-class citizenship. D.S. Saund.”/tiles/collection/2/22581.xml
Portrait painting of Dalip Singh Saund, half length, standing on a curved balcony with marble columns. Down the right side of the painting is a section painted like green marble with images of India, Mahatma Ghandi, Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. flag, Woodrow Wilson, the Statue of Liberty, California, and the Capitol. At the bottom, a section painted like marble reads, “There is no room in the United States of America for second-class citizenship. D.S. Saund.”
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Date

2007

Artist

Jon R. Friedman

Dimensions

43 x 30 in. (109.2 x 76.2 cm) Framed: 50 3/8 x 37 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. (128 x 94.9 x 8.3 cm)

Accession Number

2007.230.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

This portrait of Dalip Saund of California, the first Asian-American Representative, shows the Congressman standing on the balcony of the Cannon Rotunda. The portrait is framed on two sides by trompe l’oeil marble panels, and Saund’s own words are inscribed along the bottom: “There is no room in the United States of America for second-class citizenship.” This statement, and the multicolored stone, represent Saund’s fight against racial discrimination and his work for immigrants’ rights. The vertical panel outlines significant events and inspirations in his life, including images of his philosophical heroes, Mahatma Gandhi and Abraham Lincoln.

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