Showing posts with label Daniel Chester French. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daniel Chester French. Show all posts
Friday, July 19, 2013
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Daniel Chester French - Law Power and Prosperity (unseen) Statues - Mullett's Second Empire Post Office Philadelphia - 1880
The contract for the Philadelphia group was signed in May, 1878. The
theme French chose was Law, Prosperity and Power. The group is designed of
three figures with a central and dramatic woman, Law, standing sixteen feet
high and holding high above her head the tablets of law. Seated on her right is
a man representing Power, his torso turned to face the standing figure. On
Law’s left is a seated woman representing Prosperity, chest bared and looking
forward. The work was completed in May, 1880.
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