"mechanics": vulcan, god of the forge, stands at his anvil with his foot on a cannon, near a pile of cannon balls and with a steam engine in the background. The man at the forge is thought to represent charles thomas, who was in charge of the ironwork of the capitol dome. Object Type: fresco. Date: 1865. Medium: fresco and fresco painting. Depicted People: George Washington, Robert Morris, Venus, Neptune, Ceres, Victoria. Collection: United States Capitol rotunda.
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