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The Wrestlers
The Wrestlers

The Wrestlers

Artist John Rogers American, 1829 - 1904
Date1881
MediumSlip cast plaster, paint
DimensionsOverall: 28 x 16 x 13 in. (71.1 x 40.6 x 33 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineDonated by Charles R.Wood
Object number1992.4.80
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Not on view
Collections
  • Sculpture
  • American Paintings & Sculpture
Signed"JOHN ROGERS/NEW YORK/1881" intaglio printing in sans serif block capital letters on the base top, left end
Inscribed"THE WRESTLERS" intaglio printing in sans serif block capitals on the front of the base. In slightly smaller letters in the same manner on the beveled edge at the top front of the base are the following names from left to right: CELIA/ROSALINDA/CHARLES/ORLANDO/TOUCHSTONE"
DescriptionParlor sculpture of five figures illustrating the wrestling match between Charles and Orlando in William Shakespeare's "As You Like It" Act 1, Scene 2 (per Wallace, see NOTES). Two females figures(Celia and Rosalinda) stand on a balcony looking down at two males (Charles and Orlando) wrestling while a third male figure dressed as a jester (Touchstone) watches while seated to the right.ProvenanceGlens Falls, NY, Charles R. Wood
1992, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust