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Supreme Court: Equal Justice Under Law tympanum (ca. 1935) in Washington, D.C.
by Robert Aitken, Cass Gilbert (click name for more of that artist's work)
located in James M. Goode's Capitol Hill area (click link for more in that area)
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The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the judicial branch of the U.S. federal government. The Court consists of nine Justices: the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justices. Source: Wikipedia
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Also visible are the The Authority of the Law (right) & The Contemplation of Justice (left) statues, the Equal Justice Under Law tympanum and one of the Flagpole bases
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0000001/00166_0000001630 (added ca. 2006)
See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture' (hardcover p 36 Item #1.21; Capitol Hill area);
'Outdoor Sculpture' (paperback p68 Item #A-20)
Medium: Marble
Artist: Robert Aitken, Cass Gilbert (click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Allegory, Mythology
Location: 1st St between East Capitol St & Constitution Ave NE Washington, D.C. Supreme Court
See Capitol Hill area in James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Capitol South (Orange - Blue) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 76004821 (dcMem ID #166 )
Links & other sources
Supreme Court website on the Building
Supreme Court website on the west pediment
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