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Fighting Bob
Fighting Bob

Fighting Bob

Artist John Rogers American, 1829 - 1904
Date1889
MediumSlip cast plaster, paint
DimensionsOverall: 34 x 10 x 9 1/2 in. (86.4 x 25.4 x 24.1 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineDonated by Charles R.Wood
Object number1992.4.26
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  • Sculpture
  • American Paintings & Sculpture
Signed"JOHN ROGERS/NEW YORK" intaglio printing in sans serif capital letters on a diagonal on the top right front corner of the base.
Inscribed'"FIGHTING BOB"' (in quotes) intaglio printing in san serif capitals on the front face of the base.
Markings"56" on a piece of masking tape and "16" written directly on the rear face of the base. (Does not correlate to box number in Lubus appraisal which is 37)
DescriptionParlor sculpture of a male figure in 18th-century dress, with bi-corn hat and dueling pistols, one pointing upward held in right hand and another in his left, pointed at the ground. Square base. The figure represents the 19th-century actor Joseph Jefferson in the role of Bob Acres, one of several 'rivals' for the affections of Lydia Languish in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1775 play, 'The Rivals.'Exhibition History"The Sculpture of John Rogers from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Wood," March 23 to April 30, 1972, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY with accompanying catalog.ProvenanceGlens Falls, NY, Charles R. Wood
1992, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust