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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Priest, W. D.,     Yost, Joseph Warren,     Packard, Frank L.,     Yost & Packard,     Allegory -- Quality     State of Being -- Disabled     Figure female -- Full length     Object -- Tool     Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Fairmont     Sculpture

Female Justice, (sculpture). Artist:  Priest, W. D., sculptor. (possibly by) Yost, Joseph Warren, 1842-1923, architect. Packard, Frank L., 1860-1923, architect. Yost & Packard, architectural firm. Title:  Female Justice, (sculpture). Dates:  1897-1900. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted copper. Dimensions:  Approx. 7 ft. x 18 in. x 18 in. Description:  An allegorical female figure of Justice. She wears a flowing classical style dress which falls to her ankles and is tied with a rope-style belt. The fabric of her dress is thin and delicate. She is blindfolded. In her proper left hand she holds a set of scales above her head. In her proper right hand she grasps the handle of a sword, the point of which rests on the plinth near her proper right foot. Her proper left leg is slightly bent and her proper left foot projects slightly beyond the edge of the plinth. She stands atop the courthouse dome. Subject:  Allegory -- Quality -- Justice State of Being -- Disabled -- Blind Figure female -- Full length Object -- Tool -- Scale Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Fairmont Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Marion County, Marion County Commission, 200 Jackson Street, Fairmont, West Virginia 26554 Located Marion County Courthouse, Adams & Jefferson Streets, Dome, Fairmont, West Virginia 26554 Remarks:  The figure is possibly a duplicate of the Justice figures located at the Doddridge County Courthouse in West Union, WV (WV000063) and the Randolph County Courthouse in Elkins, WV (WV000064). For related article see: Thrash, Mary, "West Virginia Courthouses: a pictorial history," Clarksburg, WV, c. 1984. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, West Virginia survey, 1992. Thrash, Mary, "West Virginia Courthouses: a pictorial history," Clarksburg, WV, c. 1984. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS WV000065   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WV000065 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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