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- Statuette, "Council of War" by John Rogers, 1868 - John Rogers created "Council of War" a few years after the end of the Civil War. This plaster-cast sculpture depicts the Union leaders discussing military actions. President Lincoln studies a map while General Grant points out his plans. Secretary of War Stanton listens from behind. The work became a popular memorial to Lincoln and his advisors for an American middle-class audience.
- 1868
- Collections - Artifact
Statuette, "Council of War" by John Rogers, 1868
John Rogers created "Council of War" a few years after the end of the Civil War. This plaster-cast sculpture depicts the Union leaders discussing military actions. President Lincoln studies a map while General Grant points out his plans. Secretary of War Stanton listens from behind. The work became a popular memorial to Lincoln and his advisors for an American middle-class audience.
- Statuette, "The Fugitive's Story" by John Rogers, 1869 - The John Rogers sculpture, "The Fugitive's Story," depicts well-known abolitionists -- John Greenleaf Whittier, William Lloyd Garrison, and Henry Ward Beecher -- listening to the pleas of a slave mother. Though fictionalized and composed well after the end of the Civil War (in 1869), the work was enthusiastically received by those who had admired these men and had worked to free the slaves.
- 1869
- Collections - Artifact
Statuette, "The Fugitive's Story" by John Rogers, 1869
The John Rogers sculpture, "The Fugitive's Story," depicts well-known abolitionists -- John Greenleaf Whittier, William Lloyd Garrison, and Henry Ward Beecher -- listening to the pleas of a slave mother. Though fictionalized and composed well after the end of the Civil War (in 1869), the work was enthusiastically received by those who had admired these men and had worked to free the slaves.