Letter from Maryland Legislature

James Madison, by Gilbert Stuart, 1805–1807

This broadside presents an account of the greatest Indian military victory in U.S. history

Congressional Pugilists, anonymous cartoon, 1798

Henry Clay, by Charles Bird King, 1821

The Pantheon, Rome, ca. A.D. 117–268

Pierre L’Enfant, silhouette by Sarah DeHart, ca. 1785

George Washington's Seal, gold and carnelian, 1794

Watercolor View of the Capitol, by William Birch, ca. 1800

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, by Charles Willson Peale, ca. 1804