The West Pediment Information Sheet:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/WestPediment8-10-2009_Final.pdf
allegorical figures, and described them as follows:
“My simple Sculptural story is as follows:
Liberty enthroned—looking confidently into the
Future—across her lap the Scales of Justice—She is
surrounded in the composition by two Guardian figures.
On her right ‘Order’…On her left ‘Authority’…Then to
the right and left…
two figures each represent ‘Council.’
Then to the right and left…
two figures represent ‘Research’ Past and Present.”
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