Justice

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A wood engraving depicting the figure of Justice, with a book and a staff. The print uses reddish brown ink. Seated in a throne-like position at the center of the image, Justice holds a long staff in her proper right hand and a book in her proper left. She has a small crown atop her head and large halo-like circles behind her. Two additional figures appear in profile on either side of her, in brown to her proper right and white to her proper left. [J.L. Wells] appears within the bottom left corner of the print. The title [Justice] is written in pencil on the bottom left corner underneath the image and [10/35] is written in the center. The print is signed on the bottom right corner [James L. Wells].

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