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Gloria Victis ("glory to the vanquished") is a sculpture by Antonin Mercié. Many casts, with different finishes, exist of the group. That pictured here is seen at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Another example of the statue can be found in Bordeaux, France, where it faces Saint André's Cathedral.
The statue shows Glory supporting a fallen soldier, his standard lowered but her wreath of History held high. The inscription at the base of the monument read, "GLORIA VICTIS", meaning "Glory to the Vanquished" [2] and To The Soldiers and Sailors of Maryland in the Service of The Confederate States of America, 1861–1865. [3]
Fame, also called Gloria Victis ("Glory to the Defeated" or "Glory to the Conquered"), [1] is a Confederate monument in Salisbury, North Carolina.Cast in Brussels, in 1891, Fame is one of two nearly-identical sculptures by Frederick Ruckstull (the other being the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument, removed from public display in Baltimore in 2017).
Comrades. Gloria Victis CSA, "Crowns of roses fade, crowns of thorns endure, cal varies and crucifixions take deepest hold of humanity, the triumphs of might are transient they pass and are forgotten, the suffering of right are graven deepest on the chronicle of nations." [49] Comrades: Statesboro, Bulloch County Courthouse
Gloria Victis (Confederate monument), or Fame, a Confederate monument in Salisbury, North Carolina Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gloria Victis .
Mercié is known in America primarily for three monuments: the 1890 Robert E. Lee equestrian bronze on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia (the Robert E. Lee Monument), which was removed in September 2021; his 1891 collaboration with former teacher Alexandre Falguière on the statue of the Marquis de Lafayette in Lafayette Square, Washington ...
The Gloria Victis monument comprises a limestone column supporting Mercié's sculpture which depicts an "Angel of Victory" who supports a mortally injured soldier. Symbolically the soldier's sword is broken. The simple inscription reads "Gloria Victis" which translates to "Glory to the vanquished". Even in defeat there is honour and glory!
The county would be fined $25,000 if it removed the memorial without state approval under a 2017 law designed to protect historical structures and monuments. The statue, which was owned by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, was gradually removed on October 23, 2020. [54] [27] [55] [56] Gloria Victis: Salisbury: North Carolina Jun 11, 2020