E PLURIBUS UNUM —
OUT OF MANY, ONE

HISTORY OF CONGRESS
AND THE CAPITOL


The U.S. Capitol after burning by the British, by George Munger, ca. 1814	Ruins of the Hall of the House of Representatives, by Giovanni Andrei, 1814-1815	Design proposed for the Hall of Representatives U.S., Section from North to South, by B. Henry Latrobe, 1815	Details of the Hall of Representatives, by B. Henry Latrobe, 1815

Plan of the Principal Floor of the U.S. Capitol, by B. Henry Latrobe, 1817	View of the Capitol, by Charles Burton, watercolor on paper, 1824	The Capitol, Looking Southwest, attributed to George Strickland, ink on paper, ca. 1830	East front of the Capitol, by Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1832-34

"The Capitol," by Christopher Cranch, oil on canvas, 1841	“Perspective View of a Design for Enlarging the U.S. Capitol,” (detail) by Thomas U. Walter, 1850	"Design for an Enlargement of the US Capitol, Washington, DC," by Thomas U. Walter, watercolor on paper, 1850	"Plan of Principal Story. Design for an Enlargement of the US Capitol, Washington, DC," by Thomas U. Walter, watercolor and ink on paper, 1850

"Principal Floor Plan," by Robert Mills, ink and watercolor on paper, ca. 1851	View of Congress Library. . . Capitol, Washington, by Alexander Jackson Davis and Stephen H. Gimber, pen and ink and wash on paper, 1832	Proposed Enlargement of the Capitol, by Robert Mills, ink, watercolor and ink wash on paper, ca. 1851