Painters of the Interior

More than 21,500 square feet of the interior is covered with painted decoration and murals, completed. Nearly all of it was executed in only five months over the winter of 1876-1877, before there was heat in the building. John La Farge was assisted with the figural and ornamental work by a team of six-to-eight artists, including Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Francis Millet who would become known in their own right. All their names are included over east tower arch.