Ganymede mural, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., circa 1907

Subject: Libraries
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1907 (Golden Age)

Back of Ganymede mural, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., circa 1907, c. 1907 lithograph postcard — Back

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The mural shows a nude youth riding a large eagle, pink drapery billowing around him against a blue ground. The figure is Ganymede, the Trojan shepherd carried off by Zeus in eagle form, and the arch above is labeled TENNYSON. The setting is the Library of Congress, whose Thomas Jefferson Building opened in 1897 and was decorated with classical and literary subjects. The Tennyson label identifies the literary source as Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

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PublisherB. S. Reynolds Co.

TENNYSON GANYMEDE 180-A Ganymede Library of Congress Washington, D. C. --- GANYMEDE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D. C. TENNYSON-GANYMEDE When Jupiter came down to earth, to seek a successor to Hebe as Cupbearer to the Gods, he took the form of an eagle, and flying over Mount Ida, saw the Trojan Prince Ganymede, whom he carried off to Olympus. Tennyson in his "Palace of Art" describes, as among the pictures decorating its walls, one of Ganymede borne aloft by the eagle— Or else flushed Ganymede, his rosy thigh Half buried in the Eagle's down, Sole as a flying star shot thro' the sky Above the pillar'd town. POST CARD THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE B. S. REYNOLDS CO., 918 D ST., NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, D. C. "C.T. AMERICAN ART", REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. C.T. Co. CHICAGO

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Publisher	B. S. Reynolds Co.
Series	180-A
Condition	Very good
Place mentioned	Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Place mentioned	Washington, DC
Publisher	B. S. Reynolds Co., 918 D St., Northwest, Washington, DC
Notes	White border; printed caption at bottom; number 70566 at lower right. No postmark. Undivided back ("THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY"), C.T. American Art / B. S. Reynolds Co. imprint, c. 1907 or earlier. Pencil "#59" at lower right; no message, no address, no stamp.

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Ganymede mural, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., circa 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/ganymede-mural-library-of-congress-washington-d-c-circa-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.