Archivo: Melpomene-Simmons-Highsmith

Description: Mural depicting the muse Melpomene (Tragedy), by Edward Simmons. Northwest Corridor, First Floor, Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Top of mural reads "MELPOMENE"; artist signature reads "Copyright by Edwards Simmons 1896".
Title: Melpomene-Simmons-Highsmith
Credit: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LLC-DIG-highsm-03126 (original digital file), uncompressed archival TIFF version (92 MB), converted to JPEG with the GIMP 2.4.5, image quality 88.
Author: Artist is Edward Emerson Simmons (1852–1931). Photographed 2007 by Carol Highsmith (1946–), who explicitly placed the photograph in the public domain.
Permission: No known restriction on publication.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No