Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Subject(s): Bronze sculpture, Italian, Colleoni, Bartolomeo, 1400-1475, Equestrian statues, Verrocchio, Andrea del, 1435?-1488

Senator Lodge sends President Roosevelt a photograph of the equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni, a sculpture by Andrea del Verrocchio in Venice, which he thinks is the finest sculptural representation of a man on horseback. He wishes Roosevelt a merry Christmas and happy New Year.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-25

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Period

U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

2

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Multi-image

Resource Type

Letter

Rights

These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt. [December 25, 1905]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o52123. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924. Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt. [25 Dec. 1905]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o52123.

APA:

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924., [1905, December 25]. Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o52123.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.

APA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.