Jim Butcher (American, B. 1944) "Flag over Supreme Court" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 20c Flag Over Supreme Court Booklet stamp issued November 17, 1983. The Supreme Court of the United States is a landmark well known to the American people. However, it has known many homes, including second-floor rooms over an open-air marketplace in New York, Independence Hall in Philadelphia , and even private residences in Washington, while the Capitol's old north wing took shape. The Court even shared the Capitol with the Senate and House from 1801 to 1935. Today, behind its magnificent pillared portico, the Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices meet to uphold the motto blazoned on its pediment: "Equal Justice Under Law." At any season, visitors may tour the building, admire a pair of magnificent five-story elliptical spiral staircases, and view the historic cornerstone laid by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes in 1932. "The Republic endures," he said, "and this is the symbol of its faith." The Supreme Court has been appropriately called the nation's conscience. In a muraled rotunda, visitors may peer at hallowed charters of freedom: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, each sealed in helium to protect it, under special glass and filters. At the first sign of danger, the documents are lowered, cases and all, into a vault twenty feet below. Image Size: 18.5 x 15.75 in. Overall Size: 24.75 x 22 in. Unframed. (B08444) See More