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It was formerly suggested  that they represented the New Testament (A.12-1991) and Old Testament (A.13- 1991), because of the blindfold traditionally used in personnifications of the Old Testatment. The work for which these were models was previously unidentified. Professor Jason Edwards identified them in 2021 as models for Administration and blind Justice, for the monument to Richard John Seddon (1846-1906), New Zealand's Premier from 1893 to his death, in St Paul's Cathedral.\r\n\r\nThe monument, by George Frampton, was installed in February 1910. Sir  George James Frampton  (1860-1928) was an English sculptor, medallist and decorative artist. He worked  in an architects office before being apprenticed to a firm of  architectural masons. He studied modelling a the London School of Art under W.S. Frith, and in 1881 entered the Royal Academy  Schools, where he won a gold medal and travelling scholarship in 1887. Like Lanteri he was involved in  the exterior decoration of the Museum, executing the spandrel reliefs of Truth and Beauty above the Main Entrance. Frampton was elected an  Associate Member of the Royal Academy in 1894 and exhibited regularly across  Europe, contributing to the  Munich and Vienna Secession movements.\r\n","physicalDescription":"This is one of a pair of female heads. The face is blindfolded. The hair is held by a broad headband, and tied at the back in a luxuriant bun. 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It was formerly suggested  that they represented the New Testament (A.12-1991) and Old Testament (A.13- 1991), because of the blindfold traditionally used in personnifications of the Old Testatment. The work for which these were models was previously unidentified. Professor Jason Edwards identified them in 2021 as models for Administration and blind Justice, for the monument to Richard John Seddon (1846-1906), New Zealand's Premier from 1893 to his death, in St Paul's Cathedral.\r\n\r\nGiven by the late Meredith Frampton, son of the sculptor, in 1985, though not formally accessed until 1991.\r\n","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Model, plaster, female head blindfold, Blind Justice (formerly identified as perhaps the Old Testament), by George Frampton, English, before 1910.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Bilbey, Diane and Trusted, Marjorie. <u>British Sculpture 1470-2000. 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