Law and History, mosaic panels dating to 1896 by Frederick Dielman and measuring seven and a half feet wide by three feet seven inches high, are located over the north and south fireplace mantels in the Congressional Reading Room,* now referred to as The Members Room, on the first storey of the southwest wing of the Thomas Jefferson building of the Library of Congress. With its tall, arched windows facing the Capitol, this room is an elegant gallery in which every surface, including the ceilings, is ornately decorated with paintings, rich oak paneling, walls of green silk, and tympanums or friezes carved in dark oak or marble over doorways and fireplaces.

Proposal Venice Installation Sir William Jones An Ode in Imitation of Alcaeus Milton's Areopagitica Frederick Dielman Early Life and Training The Tile Club Late Life Appreciation as Art Professor

Architecture and Decorations The Commission The Inspiration The Artist Copyright and Other Restrictions How to Order Photographic Reproductions Acknowledgments