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Photograph by Jim McLaughlin
The School Examination
Photograph by Jim McLaughlin

The School Examination

Artist John Rogers American, 1829 - 1904
Date1867
MediumSlip cast plaster, paint
DimensionsOverall: 20 x 13 x 8 1/2 in. (50.8 x 33 x 21.6 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineDonated by Charles R.Wood
Object number1992.4.61
On View
Not on view
Collections
  • Sculpture
  • American Paintings & Sculpture
Signed"JOHN ROGERS/NEW YORK" on the top of the base, right front in intaglio printing in sans serif block capitals
Markings"PATENTED" (with no date) on the left rear face of the base, in intaglio printing in sans serif block capitals.
DescriptionParlor sculpture group of three figures, a standing woman, standing girl and seated man. The girl is holding a slate board which the man is examining while the woman, holding a book in her right hand, looks on.Exhibition History"Angels & Tomboys: Girlhood in 19th-Century American Art," The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, September 12, 2012 - January 7, 2013, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN, February 16 - May 26, 2013, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, June 28 - September 30, 2013.ProvenanceGlens Falls, NY, Charles R. Wood
1992, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust