the portrait of abraham lincoln for instance is above the speakers rosterum. in the senate a portrait of george washington hangs over the leadership desk. the picture of lincoln is done by william cogswell who was an artist who sketched lincoln as -- in person and did a number of paintings from his sketches during the civil war. so abe happraham lincoln in 190 1910 would be as considered as george washington would have been. so you have two significant presidents hanging in our chambers. with the leireminder that we ar connected to the united states. california being so far west, and not a lot in between, the idea that we could create the look of the capitol, with as close to what the united states capitol looked like, we're the wild west, they are building this huge building with a dome and columns, very similar in look and style to the united states capitol, that wasn't by mistake. it was the idea that we were part of this particular government right now, this is who our identity is. and so you see a lot of symbolism in the rooms, in fact the green color of