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Perhaps his most famous work is the West Pediment of the United States Supreme Court building, which bears the inscription "Equal Justice Under Law". [5] The sculpture, above the entrance to the Supreme Court Building , is of nine figures—the goddess of Liberty surrounded by figures representing Order, Authority, Council, and Research.
After the federal government moved to Washington, D.C., in 1800, the court had no permanent meeting location until 1810. When the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe had the second U.S. Senate chamber built directly on top of the first U.S. Senate chamber, the Supreme Court took up residence in what is now referred to as the Old Supreme Court Chamber from 1810 through 1860. [6]
Fraser's work in Washington includes The Authority of Law and The Contemplation of Justice at the U.S. Supreme Court; the south pediment and statues at the National Archives; Alexander Hamilton and Albert Gallatin at the U.S. Treasury; and the Second Division Monument, completed with the firm of architect John Russell Pope.
The statue itself is approximately life-sized, standing about 8 feet (2.4 m) high from the heel of his boot to the muzzle of his pistol, and is mounted on a 5-foot (1.5 m) granite base. It was created by Robert Ingersoll Aitken, the sculptor of the pediment on the United States Supreme Court Building, and cast in bronze.
One month later, an equestrian statue of King George III was erected. It was executed by the British sculptor Joseph Wilton. [3] Commissioned in 1764 and cast in lead covered with gold leaf, the Neoclassical statue showed King George dressed in Roman garb astride a horse, the whole effect being reminiscent of the Marcus Aurelius statue in Rome.
The words "equal justice under law" paraphrase an earlier expression coined in 1891 by the Supreme Court. [7] [8] In the case of Caldwell v.Texas, Chief Justice Melville Fuller wrote on behalf of a unanimous Court as follows, regarding the Fourteenth Amendment: "the powers of the States in dealing with crime within their borders are not limited, but no State can deprive particular persons or ...
It is located at the Supreme Court, 1 First Street, Washington, D.C., N.E. Cast in Rome by the founder Alessandro Nelli , the monument was dedicated on May 10, 1884, by Morrison Waite . [ 1 ] It was relocated from the West Terrace, of the United States Capitol .
(now New York State Supreme Court Building) New York 60 Centre Street, Manhattan, New York City: The True Administration of Justice is the Finest Pillar of Good Government [135] Frederick Warren Allen: Guy Lowell: 1927 granite New York County National Bank Building New York Eight Avenue and West 14th Street, Manhattan, New York City