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    		• Sternberg, W. H.,
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Object -- Tool
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Goddess of Justice, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Sternberg, W. H., architect.
    Title: 
    Goddess of Justice, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1890.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: painted sheet metal.
    Dimensions: 
    Each sculpture: approx. H. 15 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Two identical female figures representing Justice, placed atop east and west entrances of old stone county courthouse. Each figure stands holding a sword in her proper right hand and a scale in her upraised proper left hand. Neither figure is blindfolded.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Allegory -- Quality -- Justice
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Object -- Tool -- Scale
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Sedgwick County, Board of Commissioners, 525 North Main, Wichita, Kansas 67203
    Located Sedgwick County Historic Courthouse, 510 North Main, East and west entrances, Wichita, Kansas
    Remarks: 
    The old courthouse was built in 1888 by W. R. McPherson, and contractor W. H. Sternberg. It was restored in 1978 by Sanford Roberts and contractor Hahner, Forman and Harness, Inc. The scales held by the Justice figure on the east entrance were blown off during a storm in 1976, and were replaced during the 1978 restoration. In 1988, the figures were waterproofed. The courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places.
    IAS files contain article from The Wichita Eagle-Beacon, Jan. 25, 1988, pg. 1C, 4C. For further reading see: Wichita Eagle, Oct. 1, 1994, pg. 13; and Greater Wichita Magazine, Aug. 1974.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1993.
    Paulsen, Chris, ed., "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., c. 1989. (booklet)
    Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 34.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    The Wichita Eagle-Beacon, Jan. 25, 1988, 1C.
    Paulsen, Chris, ed., "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., c. 1989, pg. 7.
    Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 34.
    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 75004999
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