Design for the Entrance Wall of a Courtroom
date: label: Date
content: 1875–80
name: label: Artist
content: Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A painting showing Justice enthroned between two winged children holding a book and a pair of scales, respectively, is suggested over the entablature of the folding door. The lower parts of the painting are framed laterally by the tops of panels and by the entablature of the wall. A half-circular band of moudling standing upon the escutcheon frames the upper part of the painting. Parts of brackets with lamps are shown in the wall panels. Framed by golden stripes.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Walter Shirlaw
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1912-16-5
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor, pen and blue ink on cardboard with gold border
label: Dimensions
content: 34 × 20.5 cm (13 3/8 × 8 1/16 in.)