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Law Reigns, Study for Central Panel of "The Reign of Law," Frieze for Appellate Court, New York
Kenyon Cox (American, 1856–1919)
1898
- Medium
- Brush and oil, pen and red ink on canvas
- Classification
- Paintings
- Dimensions
- 36.8 × 178.4 cm (14 1/2 × 5 ft. 10 1/4 in.)
- Culture
- New York
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Gift of Allyn Cox
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
White ribbon in center with the words: LAW REIGNS. Outline below signifies oak screen that will stand behind the bench. To the right, allegorical figures of Peace and Commerce. To the left, allegorical figures of Plenty Rewarding Industry; she gives him a loaf of bread.
