The Triumph of Uncle Sam1917
Egyptian painting: Uncle Sam in right profile seated on throne at left. Female figure at right in right profile, holding balls entitled: "CUBA" and "PORTO RICO". Eagle, upper left. More about this work
About this work
Egyptian painting: Uncle Sam in right profile seated on throne at left. Female figure at right in right profile, holding balls entitled: "CUBA" and "PORTO RICO". Eagle, upper left.
Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
How it was made
- Oil paint
- Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.
- Pen and ink
- Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 1918-44-22
- Credit
- Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Type
- Drawing
- Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
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