Spending Uncle Sam's Money, (painting).

Spending Uncle Sam's Money, (painting).

Walker, T. Dart, 1869-1914, painter.

Spending Uncle Sam's Money, (painting).

Watercolor on board.

23 x 18 1/2 in. (58.4 x 47 cm)

(Lower left:) T. DART./WALKER/WASHINGTON signed

Scene of the interior of the U. S. Senate Chamber with figures seated at tables covered with papers in the foreground. In the center figures walk and gesticulate. In the background more figures are seated at table with books and papers.

Architecture interior -- Civic -- U.S. Capitol

Occupation -- Political -- Senator

Object -- Written Matter -- Paper

Object -- Written Matter -- Book

Literature -- Leslie's Weekly

Administered by United States Senate, Washington, District of Columbia 20510 Accession Number: 34.00002

Located United States Capitol, Washington, District of Columbia 20201

Purchased 1999.

This painting was engraved for the front cover of Leslie's Weekly, December 23, 1899 with the title: "Spending Uncle Sam's Money: Senators Introducing the Customary Batch of Miscellaneous Bills at the Opening of the Session of Congress."

Kloss, William & Diane K. Skvarla, "United States Senate catalogue of fine art," Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002.

Kloss, William & Diane K. Skvarla, "United States Senate catalogue of fine art," Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002, pg. 343.

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