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    Pediment Relief, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Pediment Relief, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1922.
    Medium: 
    Carved stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 5 ft. x 12 ft. x 15 in.
    Description: 
    A pediment with three figures. The central figure depicts Justice, seated on a throne with carved lion heads and feet on the arm rests. Justice is a female figure in classical dress with a laurel wreath around her head. Her proper right arm is extended sideways, with her forearm resting on the arm of her throne. Her proper left arm is bent at a 90 degree angle, with her hand atop a sword handle, which is held vertically at her side. Her attire consists of heavily folded, draped material. On her proper right is a kneeling male figure with his hands clasped together. He reaches upward to the figure of Justice. His wrists are shackled and chained. He is unclothed from the waist up; the lower portion of his body is draped.
    To Justice's proper left is a female figure who is kneeling and pleading. Her proper left hand clutches her breast, while her proper right hand rests on the base of the throne. She has long hair and flowing drapery. Her head is turned upward.
    Subject: 
    Allegory -- Quality -- Justice
    State of Being -- Other -- Imprisonment
    Figure group
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Object -- Furniture -- Chair
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Middlebourne
    Pediment
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Tyler County, Tyler County Commission, Main & Dodd Streets, Middlebourne, West Virginia 26149
    Located Tyler County Courthouse, Main & Dodd Streets, Entrance, Middlebourne, West Virginia 26149
    Remarks: 
    E.C.S. Holmboe/Pogue was the architect of the courthouse.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, West Virginia survey, 1992.
    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 WV000110
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