United States Capitol rotunda Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Other statuary and artifacts=== In addition to the National Statuary Hall Collection and the memorial statuary, there are a number of other pieces in the Rotunda. Next to the south entrance, opposite the statue of George Washington, is [[Statue of Thomas Jefferson (David d'Angers)|a bronze statue]] of [[Thomas Jefferson]] with the Declaration of Independence. Sculpted by [[David d'Angers]], it was donated by [[Uriah P. Levy]] and is the only work of art in the Capitol given by a private donor.<ref name=Usofsky>{{cite journal |first1=Melvin I. |last1=Usofsky |title=The Levy Family and Monticello |journal=[[Virginia Quarterly Review]] |date=Summer 2002 |pages=395β412 }}</ref> At the west entrance, are marble statues of General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and President [[Abraham Lincoln]]. The [[Statue of Abraham Lincoln (U.S. Capitol)|Lincoln statue]] was a commissioned by Congress and designed by [[Vinnie Ream]]. [[Statue of Ulysses S. Grant (U.S. Capitol)|The statue of Grant]] was sculpted by [[Franklin Simmons]] and was a gift to Congress by the [[Grand Army of the Republic]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page