McKinley Assassination Ink: A Documentary History of William McKinley's Assassination

Publication information

Source: The Works in Sculpture of William Ordway Partridge, M.A.
Source type: book
Document type: photograph
Document title: “Colossal Group of Law Suppressing Anarchy”
Image size (in source, approx. h x w): unknown
Author(s): anonymous [photograph]; Partridge, William Ordway [book]
Publisher: John Lane Company
Place of publication: New York, New York
Year of publication: 1914
Pagination: 13

Citation

“Colossal Group of Law Suppressing Anarchy.” The Works in Sculpture of William Ordway Partridge, M.A. By William Ordway Partridge. New York: John Lane, 1914: p. 13.

Transcription

full image of photograph

Keywords

Law [sculpture] (photographs).

Named persons

William McKinley [in notes].

Notes

The photograph’s caption is accompanied with the following descriptive text:

A colossal group erected over the entrance to the Government Building at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition, at Buffalo, N. Y., in the year 1900 [sic].
This group represents a female figure of the law supporting a tablet upon which is inscribed, “The Law Rules.” She is treading upon the dragon of anarchy and revolt, and supported on either side by colossal male figures; one representing physical power and the other intellectual power to carry out the law’s behests. President McKinley stood under this group and made his speech the day before he was assassinated.

Title herein taken from caption.

From title page: The Works in Sculpture of William Ordway Partridge, M.A., with Biographical Sketch and Illustrations of Principal Works.

Image courtesy of Internet Archive.

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