# Law Reigns, Study for Central Panel of "The Reign of Law," Frieze for Appellate Court, New York

- By: Kenyon Cox (American, 1856–1919)
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Gift of Allyn Cox
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/123948)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/d00d7a22f3b1d62279f4e925e4768d06.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.