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The "Frieze of American History" occupies a band immediately below the 36 windows. Constantino Brumidi painted seven and a half of the scenes depicted. Brumidi fell off the scaffolding and held on to a rail for 15 minutes until he was rescued. He died a few months later in 1880...

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