The Elder's Daughter
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Object Details
- Artist
- John Rogers, born Salem, MA 1829-died New Canaan, CT 1904
- Luce Center Label
- John Rogers modeled many groups that included his favorite animal, the horse. To depict the horse accurately, he measured many different breeds, took casts from anatomical specimens, and studied photographs of horses in motion. In Elder’s Daughter, the horse carries a Puritan and his daughter home from church. The elder glares at the young man, who has committed sacrilege by offering his daughter an apple on the Sabbath.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
- patented 1877
- Object number
- 1967.131
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- painted plaster
- Dimensions
- 21 x 19 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. (53.2 x 49.5 x 27.1 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure group
- Recreation\courting
- History\United States\Colonization
- Occupation\religion\elder
- Object\fruit\apple
- Equestrian
- Record ID
- saam_1967.131
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7d1bf6f98-6f3c-4484-9bea-16f25a261507
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