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Checkers Up at the Farm, (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Rogers, John H. 1829-1904  Search this
Medium:
Gray clay
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art 224 Benefit Street Providence Rhode Island 02903
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Rhode Island School of Design, 1976.
Summary:
Whiskered man with palm-leaf fan seated at checker board on barrel; opposite sits laughing youth seated on basket and pointing to checkers; hoe in right hand; woman (possibly modelled after artists wife) stands watching game with child in arms.
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Recreation--Sport & Play--Checkers  Search this
Control number:
IAS 77001872
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_12904