Login My List - 0 Help
	Search   Search Images   About

Keyword Browse Combined Highlights Search History All Catalogs

Search:  Artist BrowseTitle BrowseSubject BrowseObject Type Browse Owner Browse       Refine Search     > You are only searching: Art Inventories

More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Warren, Langford,     Figure female -- Full length     Allegory -- Quality     Object -- Tool     Object -- Weapon     Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Exeter     Copy     Sculpture

Lady Justice, (sculpture). Artist:  Warren, Langford, sculptor. Title:  Lady Justice, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed July 28, 1992. Medium:  Sculpture: Painted mahogany, brass, copper tubing; Base: mahogany. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 2 in.; Base: approx. 3 x 3 x 3 ft. Description:  Full-length female figure of Justice. She wears long robes, is blindfolded, holds a scale in her proper left hand and a sword in her proper right hand. The scale she holds is made of brass and hangs from rigid copper tubing. The figure and base are mahogany and are painted white. The figure's blindfold is painted black. The sculpture stands on the top of the cupola on the town hall building. Subject:  Figure female -- Full length Allegory -- Quality -- Justice Object -- Tool -- Scale Object -- Weapon -- Sword Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Exeter Copy Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Town of Exeter, Public Works Department, Maintenance Division, 10 Front Street, Exeter, New Hampshire 03833 Located Exeter Town Hall, Front and Water Streets, Exeter, New Hampshire Remarks:  The sculpture is a reproduction of an original sculpture by an unknown artist which stood on the roof of town hall for over a century. The original was badly damaged in the 1991 hurricane. In addition to creating the new sculpture, Warren helped restore the town hall. Cost of the sculpture was $13,000; $3,000 was donated by the Masonic Temple of Exeter. At the time of SOS! survey, the original sculpture was stored at the Exeter Historical Society (see NH000315). IAS files contain copy of related correspondence and copy of related article from Exeter News-Letter, July 31, 1992. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Related Works:  Related to: NH000315 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 NH000316   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NH000316 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382

About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact