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Justice: Pamela Colman Smith’s Sword and Balance
A crowned seated figure holds an upright sword and a small balance between two pillars. Draped fabric closes the space behind the throne while the body faces directly outward. Smith gives the two held objects different kinds of symmetry: the sword forms a vertical axis, while the balance extends laterally beside the hand. The pillars repeat the upright body and establish a formal enclosure.
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Pamela Colman Smith (design). "Justice: Pamela Colman Smith’s Sword and Balance" [editorial title]. In The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination, Dr. L. W. de Laurence. 1916 edition, 1916, De Laurence, Scott & Co.. Source scan leaf 69. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/tarot-smith-64
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Original source design and caption inspected; composition retained with scan margins trimmed. No reconstructed or recoloured details. Design credited to Pamela Colman Smith; reproduced in the active L. W. de Laurence volume. Card border, number and title retained.
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Pamela Colman Smith (design). Justice: Pamela Colman Smith’s Sword and Balance. The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination. Scan leaf 69. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/tarot-smith-64