Administered by City of Philadelphia Fairmount Park Commission Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19131
Located Fairmount Park South George's Hill Drive, North of Mann Music Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Date:
1880. Dedicated 1884. Relocated 1938
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
City of Philadelphia, 1973.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 146.
Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 204.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Summary:
An allegorical figure group consisting of a standing female representing Law flanked on her proper right by a seated male representing Power and on her proper left by a seated female representing Prosperity. The figure of Law strides forward carrying a tablet above her head with both hands. She is wearing chain mail with a long flowing skirt and a cloak which covers her head and hangs down her back. On her proper right is the bare-chested figure of Power wearing a drapery around his waist and leaning forward with his proper left leg extended. On the proper left side of Law is the bare-breasted figure of Prosperity wearing a drapery around her waist and holding a cornucopia in her proper right hand.
