Camp Life or The Card Players
Artist
John Rogers
American, 1829 - 1904
Date1862
MediumSlip-cast plaster, paint (Cast has closed bottom unlike larger models)
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 x 12 x 6 in. (24.1 x 30.5 x 15.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineDonated by Charles R.Wood
Object number1992.4.6
On View
Not on viewCollections
- Sculpture
- American Paintings & Sculpture
Signed"JOHN ROGERS/NEW YORK" intaglio printed in sans serif capital letters on the top of the base by the left foot of the figure on the right
Inscribed"CAMP LIFE./THE CARD PLAYERS" intaglio printed on the front face of the base. In pencil script in what appears to be 19th century handwriting "Henry C-i(?)t(?)" written on the underside of the base, under the back of the figure at left.
In modern pencil "133" is crossed out and "134" written on back face of base over patent marking. Lubus appraisal records that this piece as in Box 134.
Markings"PATENTED APRIL 1 1862." intaglio printed on the back face of the base.
DescriptionParlor sculpture. Two male figures seated on military packs wearing Zouave uniforms with fez, short jacket, sash, baggy pantaloons, playing cards on a drum head. Light coffee colored paint described as original in Lubus appraisal (see Notes)ProvenanceGlens Falls, NY, Charles R. Wood1992, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust
ca. 1650
