and Roger Atkinson Pryor of Virginia and New York. Her mother was a civic activist and author who published several books in the early 1900s; her father was an attorney and became a justice of the New York State Supreme Court. De Leftwich died at his New York City home at 52 West 9th Street in Manhattan. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City. Murals Dodge's important murals include: Murals for the Administration Building dome, designed by Richard Morris Hunt, at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Murals for the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., circa 1895. History of Canada murals for the King Edward Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, the subject of a landmark artists' rights lawsuit, 1903. Murals for the Onondaga County Court House, Syracuse, New York, 1904. Four lobby murals for the Astor Hotel, depicting Ancient and Modern New York, 1904. Zodiac ceiling mosaic and other work, at the Surrogate's Courthouse (aka Hall of Records), New York City, circa 1905. Mural for the Algonquin Hotel, New York, 1906. Works for a number of New York hotels and theaters, including three murals and the color scheme for the Fulton Theatre/Helen Hayes Theatre, architects Herts & Tallant, 1911 (razed). "Atlantic and Pacific", one of several murals he made for the Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. Six murals for Buffalo City Hall, Buffalo, New York. Two large murals in the main entrance hall represent the city's role as a border city, while four murals at the end of hallways show the city's work in "Charity," "Protection," "Education," and "Construction." Completed 1931. Ceiling murals of battle scenes, Governor's Reception Room, New York State Capitol, Albany, New York. Three murals in the Great Reading Room, Seerley Hall at the University of Northern Iowa. The first is called In Memoriam, the second Education, and the third is a combination of three paintings, called The Glory and Grandeur of Iowa. The three sections of the third are known as Agriculture, The Council of Indians, and The Commonwealth. Gallery References External links Biography and photograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum site], links to more works Dodge paintings at the Library of Congress 1867 births 1935 deaths American muralists 19th-century American painters American male painters 20th-century American painters Art Students League of New York faculty People from Bedford, Virginia Artists from Albany, New York American alumni of the