Thursday 27 August 2009

Supreme Court, Parliament Square SW1

The main tower of the Supreme Court (formerly Middlesex Guildhall) has an arch of figures by Henry Fehr with Britannia (unusually with a sword rather than a trident) flanked by (from left) Architecture, Literature, Government, Music, Truth, Law and Shipping, a heterogeneous but virtuous group. Above them stands St George.

1 comment:

Capability Bowes said...

That's the Sword of Truth that Britannia is carrying, meaning that she's less the embodiment of the Nation here but representing British Lawmaking - although interestingly not British Justice as there are no Scales of Evidence.