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| Date: | 2002 |
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| Description: | "Genius of Wisconsin" statue, which was originally sculpted by Helen Mears for the Columbian Exposition of 1893. It was later recreated in marble by the Pi... |
| Date: | 05 1990 |
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| Description: | Detail of one of two bronze andirons, this one a mermaid, in the Governor's Conference Room at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The andirons depict cherubs and... |
| Date: | 04 1991 |
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| Description: | Detail of carved marble frieze in a side panel by the Governor's Conference Room fireplace in the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | USS "Wisconsin" Badger in front of the Governor's Conference Room at the Wisconsin State Capitol. This figure, with the state motto "Forward," was sculpted... |
| Date: | 10 1990 |
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| Description: | "Wisconsin" statue on top of the dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol during regilding in 1990. |
| Date: | 10 1970 |
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| Description: | One of 16 lion's heads on the exterior torchere lamps between the entries to the wings of the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
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| Description: | "Wisconsin," a mural painting by Edwin Howland Blashfield in the Assembly Chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol. The theme is Wisconsin Past, Present, and... |
| Date: | 10 1981 |
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| Description: | Man rowing scull in water in front of silhouette of the Madison skyline including the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 05 1990 |
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| Description: | One of four allegorical statuary groups, done by sculptor Karl Bitter, on the exterior of the Wisconsin State Capitol. This one is named "Strength," and is... |
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| Description: | One of four allegorical statuary groups, by sculptor Karl Bitter, on the exterior of the Wisconsin State Capitol. This one is named "Faith," and is above t... |
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| Description: | Painting, in the Wisconsin State Capitol, of "The Appeal of the Legionary to Caesar Augustus," one of four mural paintings by Albert Herter on the east wal... |
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| Description: | Entry to the Senate Chamber in the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
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| Description: | The Senate Chamber before restoration in the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
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| Description: | The Senate Chamber after restoration in the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
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| Description: | The Senate Chamber in the Wisconsin State Capitol. The triptych features three paintings by Kenyon Cox, of "The Marriage of the Atlantic and Pacific," symb... |
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| Description: | The Governor's Conference Room fireplace, in the Wisconsin State Capitol. The fireplace is hand-carved of Italian Botticino marble. It is flanked on each s... |
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| Description: | Governor's Conference Room, in the Wisconsin State Capitol, from the front entrance, giving a view of much of the ceiling, with its paintings and murals by... |
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| Description: | Governor's Conference Room viewed from near the fireplace, in the Wisconsin State Capitol. All pictures of this room with dark wood walls are of African Ma... |
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| Description: | Governor's Conference Room with entry in the Wisconsin State Capitol. The room was modeled after the small counsel chamber in the Doge's Palace in Venice. |
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| Description: | Governor's Conference Room in the Wisconsin State Capitol, before restoration. The original mahogany walls were painted to lighten the room. |
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