The Beneficence of the Law, Design for Mural at Essex County Court House, Newark, New Jersey
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 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. Grid for transfer indicated.
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 Allyn Cox
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1968-161-1
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, pen and blue ink, graphite on canvas
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 93.7 × 68.2 cm (36 7/8 × 26 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: 97.6 × 71.7 cm (38 7/16 × 28 1/4 in.)