Administered by State of Connecticut Office of the Chief Court Administrator 75 Elm Street Hartford Connecticut 06103
Located New Haven County Courthouse 121 Elm Street Tympanum New Haven Connecticut 06510
Date:
1909-1914
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.
Brown, Elizabeth Mills, "A Guide to Architecture and Urban Design," New Haven: Yale University Press, N.d., I.
Office of Cultural Affairs, City of New Haven, 2007.
Image on file.
unsigned
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Summary:
"The large central figure in the tympanum represents the Goddess of Justice, seated on a Greek throne. Her proper right hand rests on the hilt of a sword and at her proper left stands a small figure of Winged Victory, demonstrating that the Goddess inspires the world with justice. On the proper right of the Goddess is Common Law, depicted as a youth holding a shield decorated with the national emblem. At his proper right stands Precedence, shown as an older Grecian male figure -- precedence being the foundation of Common Law. Perhaps the outstanding figure in the group is that of a reclining man teaching two youths the virtue of accuracy, symbolized by the Greek mason's plummet."
