Photograph of LAPL Children’s Court. A detailed gallery of the mythological and storybook programme at the Los Angeles Public Library.

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LAPL Children’s Court

A detailed gallery of the mythological and storybook programme at the Los Angeles Public Library.

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The Children’s Court

Los Angeles Public Library

The Children’s Court gathers a remarkable programme of doors, lintels and sculptural figures. Sea nymphs, classical figures and characters from familiar stories make the entrance a richly imaginative threshold.

Los Angeles Public Library

Doors, myths & storybook figures

Photograph of The Entrance to the Children’s Court, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — The Entrance to the Children’s Court

Photograph of The Lintel: The World Is My Book, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — The Lintel: The World Is My Book

Photograph of Galatea the Sea Nymph, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — Galatea the Sea Nymph

Photograph of Proteus, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — Proteus

Photograph of The Bronze Doors with Mythological Figures, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — The Bronze Doors with Mythological Figures

Photograph of St. George Slaying the Dragon, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — St. George Slaying the Dragon

Photograph of Romulus and Remus, and Their Mother Wolf, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — Romulus and Remus, and Their Mother Wolf

Photograph of The Husband and the Parrot, from Tales of the Arabian Nights, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — The Husband and the Parrot, from Tales of the Arabian Nights

Photograph of Pegasus, Symbolic of Creativity, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — Pegasus, Symbolic of Creativity

Photograph of Zeus Throwing Lightning Bolts, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — Zeus Throwing Lightning Bolts

Photograph of Symbols on the Caryatids, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — Symbols on the Caryatids

Photograph of The Cow Jumped Over the Moon, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — The Cow Jumped Over the Moon

Photograph of Tom, Tom the Piper’s Son, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — Tom, Tom the Piper’s Son

Photograph of Tales of the Arabian Nights, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — Tales of the Arabian Nights

Photograph of A Genie from Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — A Genie from Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp

Photograph of King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone

Photograph of Robin Hood Hunting in Sherwood Forest, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — Robin Hood Hunting in Sherwood Forest

Photograph of Alice in Wonderland, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — Alice in Wonderland

Photograph of Alice with Tweedledee and Tweedledum, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — Alice with Tweedledee and Tweedledum

Photograph of Faith Holmes Hyers Article about the Lotus Fountain, from Lee Lawrie’s Los Angeles Public Library collection. — Faith Holmes Hyers Article about the Lotus Fountain