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== Gallery == <gallery> File:Capitol design by james diamond.jpg|Design for the U.S. Capitol by James Diamond File:Service-pnp-cph-3b50000-3b52000-3b52700-3b52761r.jpg|Stephen Hallet's design for the U.S. Capitol File:StephenHalletCapitolFloorPlan.jpg|Stephen Hallet's design for the U.S. Capitol might have been inspired by L'Enfant's vision File:U.S. Capitol and Pennsylvania Avenue before 1814 LCCN00522050.jpg|The Capitol from [[Pennsylvania Avenue]] drawn in 1814 from memory by an unknown artist after the [[Burning of Washington|burning of the city]] File:Flickr_-_USCapitol_-_Corn_Capital_-_U.S._Capitol_Building.jpg|The corncob columns of the Capitol, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and carved by Giuseppe Franzoni from Aquia Creek sandstone File:Car of history.jpg|Carlo Franzoni's 1819 sculptural [[chariot clock]], the ''Car of History'', depicting [[Clio]], the Greek muse of history, in the National Statuary Hall File:Samuel Finley Breese Morse - The House of Representatives (1822).jpg|[[Samuel Morse]]'s 1822 painting ''[[The House of Representatives]]'' features the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House]] in session showing the interior design of the original House chamber, now the [[National Statuary Hall]] File:Vault ag1982 0119x 085 1 opt.jpg|The Washington Depot with the U.S. Capitol in the distance in 1872 File:US Senate Chamber c1873.jpg|[[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] chamber, {{Circa|1873}} File:US Capitol 1922.jpg|The Capitol on a 1922 U.S. postage stamp File:50 USD Series 2004 Note Back.jpg|The west front of the Capitol depicted on the reverse of the current [[United States fifty-dollar bill|$50 bill]] File:A Republican-Democratic snow battle at the Capitol. Page boys LCCN2012647123.jpg|A snowball fight on the Capitol lawn, 1923 File:Capitol pediment Washington DC 2007.jpg|House of Representatives pediment, ''[[Apotheosis of Democracy]]'', by [[Paul Wayland Bartlett]], 1916 File:Capitol Dome on a beautiful Friday afternoon in -dc. (8475962375).jpg|''The Genius of America'' pediment, East Portico, carved by [[Bruno Mankowski]] 1959β60 (after [[Luigi Persico]]'s 1825β1828 original) File:USCapitolRotunda.JPG|The [[United States Capitol rotunda|Capitol rotunda]] in 2005 File:Flickr - USCapitol - U.S. Capitol Building in Snow - February 2010 Blizzard.jpg|The Capitol following a blizzard in 2010 File:US Capitol west side (cropped).JPG|The west front of the United States Capitol in 2013 File:United States Capitol and reflecting pool.jpg|The Capitol and reflecting pool File:Discovery-statue (cropped).JPG|The Discovery of America statue which was on the left side of the East facade of the Capital File:George Washington Greenough statue.jpg|The George Washington statue which was in the Capital rotunda File:GreenoughRescue.jpg|The Rescue statue which was on the right side of the East facade of the Capital </gallery>
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