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Henry Cabot Lodge

John Singer Sargent, 12 Jan 1856 - 15 Apr 1925

1890

Henry Cabot Lodge by John Singer Sargent, 12 Jan 1856 - 15 Apr 1925

Medium

Painting

Classification

Painting

Department

Smithsonian Collection

Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Credit

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge

Accession Number

NPG.67.58

Tags

EyeglassesNecktieChainRingRegent of Smithsonian InstitutionLecturerPresidentMagazine editorWriterLawyer

About this artwork

Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge envisioned the United States as a world leader. He believed that enforcing the Monroe Doctrine, which opposed European colonialism in the Americas, was critical to maintaining the United States’ “rightful supremacy in the Western Hemisphere.” Embracing the ideas of naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan, Lodge advocated for the U.S. Navy’s modernization and for securing overseas ports as coaling stations and commercial outposts. Like his close friend a...

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