Corrupt-Legislation-Vedder-Highsmith-detail-1

Autor:

Artist is Elihu Vedder (1836–1923). Photographed 2007 by Carol Highsmith (1946–), who explicitly placed the photograph in the public domain.

Credit:

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-highsm-02035 (original digital file), uncompressed archival TIFF version (93 MB), cropped and converted to JPEG with the GIMP 2.4.5, image quality 88.

Krótki link:

https://plwiki.pl/b/b296

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Opis:

Detail from Corrupt Legislation. A girl standing in the ruins of a brick wall shows an empty spindle and distaff to a throned personification of corrupt system, which holds a one-sided balance by gripping the balance beam. To the other side, an elderly figure reading from a book labelled "law" places a (ransom?) bag on the balance's one pan. Also, among the law books is a full vase spilling what may be voting slips, suggesting a rigged voting system. Mural by Elihu Vedder. Lobby to Main Reading Room, Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Main figure is seated atop a pedestal saying "CORRUPT LEGISLATION". Artist's signature is dated 1896.

Licencja:

Public domain

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No known restriction on publication.