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1901

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1911

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1984

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2015

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Drawing, The Beneficence of the Law, Design for Mural at Essex County Court House, Newark, NJ

This is a Drawing. It was created by Kenyon Cox. It is dated ca. 1906 and we acquired it in 1984. Its medium is brush and oil over black chalk on canvas. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Caroline Lansing.

Its dimensions are

Image: 63 × 45.5 cm (24 13/16 × 17 15/16 in.) 69.5 × 52 cm (27 3/8 × 20 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Essex Cty. Court House / Newark - N.J."; top center: "Mr. Cox / will call / call" [?]

Cite this object as

Drawing, The Beneficence of the Law, Design for Mural at Essex County Court House, Newark, NJ; Kenyon Cox (American, 1856–1919); USA; brush and oil over black chalk on canvas; Image: 63 × 45.5 cm (24 13/16 × 17 15/16 in.) 69.5 × 52 cm (27 3/8 × 20 1/2 in.); 1984-89-1

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