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John Rogers Statuary
Bleir, Paul; Bleir, Meta
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Description for John Rogers Statuary
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 100 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AFKB; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 776.
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 for the period. He made statues of Civil War soldiers, family groups, literary topics, theater scenes, and historical figures from eight to forty-six inches tall. This book chronicles each Rogers group ... Read more
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 for the period. He made statues of Civil War soldiers, family groups, literary topics, theater scenes, and historical figures from eight to forty-six inches tall. This book chronicles each Rogers group ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764313011
SKU
V9780764313011
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Ref
99-2
About Bleir, Paul; Bleir, Meta
Paul and Meta Bleier have collected John Rogers statuary for many years.
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