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Victory
Pinckney Marcius-Simons1904
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, National Park Service
Oyster Bay, United States
"Victory" painted by P. Marcius Simons in 1904 was dedicated to Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. P. Marcius Simons described this painting as "the olive branch tendered to the world but enforced by the sword of justice and might beneath." Edith Roosevelt described the painting in a letter to her sister Emily Carow: "The color is quite beautiful and the picture will always be interesting historically." TR described Simons as "A great imaginative artist, a wonderful colorist, and a man with a vision more wonderful still."
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Details
- Title: Victory
- Creator: Pinckney Marcius-Simons
- Date Created: 1904
- Physical Dimensions: L 45.7, W 35.6CM
- Subject Keywords: Allegory, Symbolism in art, Gifts to politicians, Painting
- Contributor: Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, National Park Service
- Medium: Oil on canvas
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