The Beneficence of the Law, Design for Mural at Essex County Court House, Newark, NJ
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1906
name: label: Artist
content: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The figure of Law, with an open book in her lap and a golden scepter in her left hand, is seated before a curved group of four columns. Peace sits at right with an olive branch, and Justice floats above to the left, holding scales. Below, a half-nude woman gives fruits to cherubs, symbolizing prosperity.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1984-89-1
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 oil over black chalk on canvas
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 63 × 45.5 cm (24 13/16 × 17 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: 69.5 × 52 cm (27 3/8 × 20 1/2 in.)