Historic Essex County Courthouse 480 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Steps on Market Street Newark New Jersey 07102
Date:
Ca. 1903-1907
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
"Newark Museum Quarterly," Newark, N.J.: Newark Museum Association, Winter 1975.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1996.
Image on file.
(Stamped:) O'CONNOR / J. MALESSET FONDEURS (...illegible) Paris (On back of sculpture:) When law ends,/tyranny begins signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Power, symbolized by a male figure seated on the left side of the courthouse steps, is one of two allegorical figures installed in front of the courthouse. He is classically robed and is seated in a large chair adorned with reliefs.
