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 with a photograph, size, patent or design date,
and pertinent anecdotes. It will be useful today as a reference for
interpreting life in Victorian America and today's collectors will
covet the pictures, personal letters, advertising, and social
commentary presented in the text. The Rogers statuary reflects the
lives of our common ancestors of the late nineteenth century.
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