The Common Law, Study for Left Panel of "The Reign of Law," Frieze for Appellate Court, New York
date: label: Date
content: 1898
name: label: Artist
content: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The central allegorical figure represents The Court, handing down a judgement. Her supporters on either side carry the fasces. The allegorical figures to either side represent Equity, holding scales, and Tradition, holding an Endless Chain. The circles in the corners suggest where wreaths should be placed in the final composition. Squared for transfer.
place: label: Place
content: USA
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 Allyn Cox
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1959-69-2
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: Brush and brown wash, red pencil, graphite on canvas
label: Dimensions
content: 31.2 × 110.3 cm (12 5/16 × 43 7/16 in.)