When Boston moved the first public library in the country to Copley Square, the best artists and architects of the day lent their talents to create "a palace for the people." Architect Charles F. McKim designed the library; sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens modeled the marble lions on the grand stairway; and French muralist Puvis de Chavannes painted the allegorical mural representing literature and learning. Photograph © Richard Cheek for the Boston Public Library.