# The Triumph of Uncle Sam

**Victor Wilbour**  
1917  
Brush and flat oil paint, pen and red ink, crayon or color pencil on board  
39.9 × 31.8 cm (15 11/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1918-44-22. [The museum's record](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/24115).

## 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._

Victor Wilbour painted this in 1917. It is now at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

### 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.

### [Victor Wilbour](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/victor-wilbour)

## Facts

- Type: Drawing
- Real size: about 16 × 13 in (40 × 32 cm). The 12 × 16 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 20th century
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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