. >>> next, artist poort waddell shares his paintings of 19th century washington, d.c. white house events, the u.s.

. >>> next, artist poort waddell shares his paintings of 19th century washington, d.c. white house events, the u.s. capitol and george washington's home at mt. vernon. this 45-minute event was hosted by the u.s. capitol historical society. >> welcome, everyone, to another scorcher in washington, d.c. my name is chuck. i'm the chief historian here at the u.s. capitol historical society. this is, i believe, our third in our august lunchtime lecture series. we have the pleasure of having an artist with pretenses to being an historian with us today. peter waddell. the society's favorite kiwi. he's from new zealand, but has been artist and resident at tudor place over in georgetown. if you are not familiar with it, i recommend you go over there. it's the ancestral home for the peters family which is descendant from martha washington. they'll interest you as well as being designed by william thornton, i believe, who also designed our capitol, of course. oh, that sounds so lovely. reminds me of being outside. pierre has done work for the white house historical association, ver