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    		• King, Gamaliel,
     
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    Justice: Cupola Figure on the Top of Brooklyn Borough Hall, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    King, Gamaliel, architect.
    Title: 
    Justice: Cupola Figure on the Top of Brooklyn Borough Hall, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Cupola Figure on the Top of Brooklyn Borough Hall, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Designed 1845. Installed 1848. Destroyed Feb. 26, 1895.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: gilded metal.
    Description: 
    Standing female figure of Justice holding her scales.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Allegory -- Quality -- Justice
    Object -- Tool -- Scale
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Destroyed.
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located City Hall, Fulton, Joralemon & Court Streets, on top of cupola, Brooklyn, New York 1848-Feb. 26, 1895.
    Formerly located Brooklyn Borough Hall, Fulton, Joralemon & Court Streets, on top of cupola, Brooklyn, New York 1848-Feb. 26, 1895.
    Remarks: 
    Brooklyn Borough Hall was known as City Hall for the City of Brooklyn until 1898 when Brooklyn became part of New York City. This statue of Justice was designed by architect Gamaliel King in 1845 for the cupola of his Brooklyn City Hall building. It was destroyed when fire ravaged the wooden cupola on February 26, 1895. The severed head was later found on the roof and was taken to the Municipal Building for safekeeping. Three years later, in 1898, a new cupola designed and built by Vincent Griffith and the architectural firm of Staughton & Staughton, but at that time the statue of Justice was not replaced. It was not until 1988, when the historic building was undergoing renovation that the new statue of Justice was cast.
    IAS files contain related excerpts from Conklin, William J., and Jeffrey Simpson, "Brooklyn's City Hall," New York: City of New York, Department of General Services, 1983. IAS files also contain related article from the New York Times, June 7, 1987; an undated press release from Howard Golden, President of the Borough of Brooklyn, describing the history of Brooklyn's Borough Hall; and a photocopy of a ca. 1851 illustration of the building with its original cupola and statue of Justice (from the Brooklyn Picture Collection at the Brooklyn Public Library).
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
    Related Works: 
    Related to: NY000193.
    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 NY000194
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