[1] It is also sometimes called Letitia, after the daughter of William Penn, the assumed inspiration for the statue.

It stands on a 4 feet (1.2 m) diameter globe and holds a staff, to symbolize justice, in its left hand.

[1] Commonwealth was sculpted by Roland Hinton Perry and was installed on the dome on May 25, 1905.

[1] The statue was placed back onto the dome by Skycrane in September of the same year, after restoration.

Commonwealth is shown on the Pennsylvania state quarter, released in 1999.