The Companion Pieces of Antonio Salviati

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Abraham Lincoln
(1809-1865)

Both Presidential portraits
were painted by  Antonio Salviati.

The mosaic portraits were officially
donated to the United States after
each President was assassinated.

Congress voted to accept
the Lincoln  gift in 1866;
the Garfield  gift was
accepted in 1884.

Both portraits are on view
in the United States Capitol
in Washington D.C.
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James A Garfield
(1831-1881)

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The artist was also an attorney
and a businessman.

Mr. Salviati "was largely
responsible for the rebirth
of Venetian glasswork
during the late 1800s."

There is nothing I can say
about Abraham Lincoln
that hasn't been
said before.

That is not true about
James A. Garfield,
especially if you
believe he was
named after
a cat.

Whereas every President of the United States of America–

including George Bush–knew what comes after abc...

                    The 20th President is the only one who knew
                    what to do when those three letters were applied
                    to a right triangle.


James A. Garfield  inspired the only complete proof
of the Pythagorean Theorem set to  Rap Music.
 
 

Antonio Salviati
(1806-1890)
Portrait of the Artist

I should know of what I speak because
I done be the Math Rapper.

The funkitudinal truth of that statement
was performed en toto right  here.

The portraits of fourteen Presidents
are featured in Capitol Building.


                     The youngest of those Presidents
                     was James A. Garfield who spent
                     most of his presidency  with a
                     fatal bullet in his chest.

     I am eternally grateful to Mr. Salviati

for making this proximity of the

under-appreciated Garfield

with legendary Lincoln.

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