John Rogers Statuary

by Linda Jones Gibbs and Paul Bleier

The clay and plaster statuary groups made by John Rogers (1829-1904) from 1859 until after 1888 were so appealing in late Victorian America that "scarcely a family of reasonable means and taste did not possess one." He portrayed ordinary, everyday, urban and rural people doing ordinary, everyday things. Thereby, he offered an unrivaled transcript of the manners, sports, amusements, social customs, domestic interests, costumes, and even modes of furnishing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764313010
• ISBN13: 9780764313011
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"