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The Rotunda is a building located on The Lawn on the original grounds of the University of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson designed it to represent the "authority of nature and power of reason" and modeled it after the Pantheon in Rome.
The Lawn, a part of Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village, is a large, terraced grassy court at the historic center of Jefferson's academic community at the University of Virginia. The Lawn and its surrounding buildings, designed by Jefferson, demonstrate Jefferson's mastery of Palladian and Neoclassical architecture , and the site has been ...
The statue of Thomas Jefferson was dedicated on June 15, 1910 in front of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia. Designed by sculptor Moses Ezekiel in 1897, and cast in 1898, the statue portrays Jefferson standing on top of a replicate of the Liberty Bell, surrounded by four winged allegorical figures--at the front is Liberty, at the back is Justice, on Jefferson's proper right is Human ...
Father of the University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson was the first and only President of the United States to found an institution of higher learning. On January 18, 1800, Thomas Jefferson, then the Vice President of the United States, alluded to plans for a new college in a letter written to British scientist Joseph Priestley: "We wish to establish in the upper country of Virginia, and more ...
Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Thomas Jefferson Library, University of Missouri-St.Louis; Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia; Thomas Jefferson State Office Building, Jefferson City, Missouri [1]
The SDL is known to carry out pranks and stunts around the university, a notable prank being the dumping of tea down the chimney of the lawn room belonging to a member of the Jefferson Society. [9] Another prank involved coxing a member of the Jefferson Society from his lawn room, only to dump on him from the balcony above. [9]
A statue of American Founding Father and U.S. President Thomas Jefferson by the French sculptor David d'Angers stands in the Capitol rotunda of the U.S. Congress.Jefferson is portrayed holding a copy of the United States Declaration of Independence, which he mainly drafted in 1776 as a member of the Committee of Five during the Second Continental Congress.
Thomas Crawford Portrait: 1974 Allyn Cox "Cox Corridors", U.S. Capitol Building: Oil on canvas [294] Thomas Edison Statue: 2016 Alan Cottrill: National Statuary Hall: Bronze [295] Thomas Jefferson Statue: 1834 Pierre-Jean David d'Angers: Capitol Rotunda: Bronze [296] Thomas Jefferson, Relief Portrait: 1950 C. Paul Jennewein: House Chamber ...