''Sir William Blackstone'' is a
bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids such ...
statue by
Paul Wayland Bartlett
Paul Wayland Bartlett (January 24, 1865 – September 20, 1925) was an American sculptor working in the Beaux-Arts tradition of heroic realism.
Life
Bartlett was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Truman Howe Bartlett, an art critic a ...
of the English legal scholar
William Blackstone. It is located at
E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse
The E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse is a historic building in Washington, D.C. It was built in 1949–50 and currently houses the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Distric ...
, at 333
Pennsylvania Avenue in
northwest Washington, D.C., in the
Judiciary Square neighborhood. It was installed on August 11, 1943.
See also
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List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 6
This is a list of public art in List of neighborhoods of the District of Columbia by ward, Ward 6 of Washington, D.C.
This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwor ...
References
External links
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1920 sculptures
Artworks in the collection of the National Park Service
Bronze sculptures in Washington, D.C.
Judiciary Square
Outdoor sculptures in Washington, D.C.
Sculptures of men in Washington, D.C.
Statues in Washington, D.C.
1943 establishments in Washington, D.C.
Sculptures by Paul Wayland Bartlett
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