A Piece of Pennsylvania’s Capitol is Set to Land in London
A forgotten American masterpiece from a grand state capitol crosses the Atlantic to dazzle London for the first time in a century.
Imagine a ceiling so exquisitely conceived that it evokes the passing of time through a celestial procession of twenty-four women, each representing a single hour in the day.
Created for one of the grandest legislative chambers ever built in the United States, this extraordinary vision, titled The Passage of the Hours, was once hidden away in a domed interior, admired only by lawmakers and visitors to a remote American state capital.
This November, London will play host to the return of this long-forgotten treasure, a work that brings together classical grandeur, allegorical richness and turn-of-the-century elegance on a truly monumental scale.
