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The Common Law, Study for Left 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
- 32 × 81.5 cm (12 5/8 × 32 1/16 in.)
- Culture
- USA
- 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
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. Wreaths with emblems in the corners.
