The following is a guest post by Donna Sokol, Special Assistant to the Law Librarian of Congress. Donna will be your virtual docent for a series of posts related to themes of law in the art and architecture of the Library of Congress Jefferson Building. She has previously written on the mosaic vaults and paintings in the East Corridor. In this installment, Donna covers the allusions to law on the mezzanine level of the Great Hall.
A quick trip up either of the grand staircases (or, quicker, by way of elevator) takes us to the mezzanine level of the Great Hall. Instead of a wall or ceiling dedicated to the profession, law appears in smatterings around the second floor.
Virtue of Justice