Lady Justice - Tyler, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 32° 20.995 W 095° 18.113
15S E 283378 N 3581551
Statue on display inside the Smith County Historical Society Museum. The museum is free and is open Tuesday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday: Noon - 4 p.m
Waymark Code: WM125B7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/02/2020
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Plaque text:
Statue of "Lady Justice"
from atop
1909 Smith County
Court House
Removed in 1955 when the
Court House was torn down.
She made of copper, and she was painted so she matched the white limestone dome she once stood on. She holds a set of scales in her left hand. Her sword is held in her right hand. She had a crown of leaves on her head. She is not blindfolded.
Wikipedia
"Lady Justice is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems. Her attributes are a blindfold, a balance, and a sword.
Lady Justice originates from the personification of Justice in Ancient Roman art known as Iustitia or Justitia after Latin: Iustitia, who is equivalent to the Greek goddesses Themis and Dike.
Lady Justice is most often depicted with a set of scales typically suspended from her left hand, upon which she measures the strengths of a case's support and opposition. The depiction dates back to ancient Egypt, where the God Anubis was frequently depicted with a set of scales on which he weighed a deceased's heart against the Feather of Truth.
Since the 16th century, Lady Justice has often been depicted wearing a blindfold. The blindfold represents impartiality, the ideal that justice should be applied without regard to wealth, power, or other status. The earliest Roman coins depicted Justitia with the sword in one hand and the scale in the other, but with her eyes uncovered."