# The Statute Law, Study for Right 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: 31.7 × 81.6 cm (12 1/2 × 32 1/8 in.)
- Culture: USA
- Credit line: Gift of Allyn Cox
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/124325)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/b36ffbad8f346c3b2be97be4550faf46.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The central alleogrical figure represents The State, robed and cronwed, pointing to the statue book. Her supporters hold the ballot box and the sword. The allegorical figures to either side represent Liberty and Force, the foundations of the state. Liberty is shown releasing birds from a cage. Force appears in an helmet, bearing a bough of oak. Wreaths with emblems in the corners.