Lyric Poetry: Uriel, (painting).

Lyric Poetry: Uriel, (painting).

Walker, Henry Oliver, 1843-1929, painter.

Lyric Poetry: Uriel, (painting).

Uriel, (painting).

Based on Emerson's poem "Uriel," this painting depicts an angel in scorn after his companions received his proposition with anger.

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Poetry

Literature -- Emerson -- Uriel

Literature -- Character -- Angel Uriel

Library of Congress, 10 1st Street, S.E., Main Entrance Hall, South Corridor, Washington, District of Columbia 20540

One of six lunettes accompanying the larger lunette representing Lyric Poetry (see IAP 86130458) in the South Corridor of the Main Entrance Hall. Each of the smaller lunettes represents a character from a poem.

Small, Herbert, "The Library of Congress: its architecture and decoration," New York: Norton, 1982, pg. 71.

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