Competitive Design for a Mural in the United States Court House, New York
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1895
name: label: Artist
content: Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Elevation for a wall with three painted panels, labeled on tablets below: "CRIME," "JUSTICE-TRUTH," and "LAW." A cherub is shown above the central tablet. Above, the central panel is higher than the lateral ones and half-circular on top. In the central panel, Justice appeared with a swrod, seated upon a chair, and converses with Truth, who stands at right behind the chair. At left, in the panel representing Crime, three anxious-looking women lay on a sea shore. At right, in the panel representing Law, three women study from a book.
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: 1912-16-82
objectType: label: Type
content: mural designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Gouache, pen and blue ink, black crayon, gold on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: 47.5 × 68.7 cm (18 11/16 × 27 1/16 in.)