Library of Congress Jefferson Bldg: America Fostering the Arts & Industries tympanum (ca. 1897) in Washington, D.C. by William Boyd, Edward Pierce Casey, J L Smithmeyer, Paul J Pelz located in James M. Goode's Capitol Hill area

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Library of Congress Jefferson Bldg: America Fostering the Arts & Industries tympanum (ca. 1897) in Washington, D.C. by William Boyd, Edward Pierce Casey, J L Smithmeyer, Paul J Pelz located in James M. Goode's Capitol Hill area

The America Fostering the Arts & Industries tympanum (circa 1897) adorns the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Created by William Boyd, Edward Pierce Casey, J L Smithmeyer, and Paul J Pelz, this granite sculpture allegorically celebrates the nurturing of arts and industries in America. Featuring symbolic children representing arts and industries with associated objects, it is located in the Capitol Hill area near the Capitol South Metro Station. The work is recognized for its allegorical and mythological themes and is documented in James M. Goode's Washington Sculpture.