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Sketch of the interior of the Old Senate Chamber, By John Trumbull.
Graphite on paper, c. 1822
Courtesy Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of the Associates in Fine Arts, 1938.286a
General George Washington Resigning His Commission by John Trumbull, 1824. US Capitol Rotunda.




Washington Resigns, by Edwin White, 1858. MSA SC 1545-1112
Stereocard image of the niche and speaker's dais, c. 1868.
Image and scan courtesy of the Maryland Historical Society, P 3.8.

 Copy of photograph of the William M. Chase stereocard showing view of gallery, c. 1868.
Image and scan courtesy of the Maryland Historical Society, P 3.8.

View of back of the Senate Chamber by unknown photographer printed in Souvenir Album, General Assembly of Maryland, Session 1898. MSA SC 5788 
Note: changes to the doors and absence of the gallery and chimney breast that was removed during the 1876 renovations.


Color Postcard of the Old Senate Chamber, c. 1905-1940. 
Courtesy of Orlando Ridout V, MSA SC 5287
Note: Shows 1905 Colonial Revival Restoration by J. Appleton Wilson, which included a re-creation of the gallery.
 Old Senate Chamber, 2006. Photograph by Gavin Ashworth. MSA SC 5287. 
This is how the Old Senate Chamber appeared before construction began on the new renovation. Notice that all of the plaster had been stripped as part of the ongoing architectural investigations. Photograph by Jay Baker, Governor Press Office, 2009.

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