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The Mystery of McDonogh's Gloria Victis Statue
For more than a century, a small-scale bronze statue titled “Gloria Victis” (Glory to the Vanquished, 1873) resided in Allan Building, and it may have also been displayed in "Old Main" even earlier—but when and how it arrived at McDonogh remains a mystery.
At the Archives Speaker Series event on Thursday, April 3, hosted by the Wilson | Young Archives & Special Collections, Upper School History teacher Ane Lintvedt described the detective work she and her students undertook to uncover the statue's mysterious origins. Their investigation explored intriguing questions: How did Gloria Victis arrive at McDonogh? Who brought it? Why is it here? These seemingly simple questions uncovered broader themes, including U.S. and European history, art history, the “Lost Cause” ideology embraced by Southern whites after the Civil War, and the politics surrounding monuments.
Notably, a larger-scale version of Gloria Victis was featured as the centerpiece of the National Gallery of Art's Impressionist exhibit, which concluded in early January 2025.
View a recording of the talk here.
For more than a century, a small-scale bronze statue titled “Gloria Victis” (Glory to the Vanquished, 1873) resided in Allan Building, and it may have also been displayed in "Old Main" even earlier—but when and how it arrived at McDonogh remains a mystery.
At the Archives Speaker Series event on Thursday, April 3, hosted by the Wilson | Young Archives & Special Collections, Upper School History teacher Ane Lintvedt described the detective work she and her students undertook to uncover the statue's mysterious origins. Their investigation explored intriguing questions: How did Gloria Victis arrive at McDonogh? Who brought it? Why is it here? These seemingly simple questions uncovered broader themes, including U.S. and European history, art history, the “Lost Cause” ideology embraced by Southern whites after the Civil War, and the politics surrounding monuments.
Notably, a larger-scale version of Gloria Victis was featured as the centerpiece of the National Gallery of Art's Impressionist exhibit, which concluded in early January 2025.
View a recording of the talk here.