"The School of Legislation" in Lincoln's-Inn Hall, from "Illustrated London News"

After George Frederic Watts British

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Based on a forty-five foot long fresco that Watts painted for New Hall at Lincoln's Inn between 1853 and 1859, this print circulated the imagery in a weekly periodical. Since Lincoln's Inn was the home of many of London's leading law firms (or chambers), the imagery represents great lawmakers from history in a composition that recalls Raphael's "School of Athens." Moses, Muhammad, Edward I and Charlemagne appear below sculptures that symbolize Justice, Truth and Mercy.

"The School of Legislation" in Lincoln's-Inn Hall, from "Illustrated London News", After George Frederic Watts (British, London 1817–1904 London), Wood engraving

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