Plaster, painted

Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, President Abraham Lincoln, and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton depicted in a "Rogers Group" patented March 31, 1868.

John Rogers created groups on the subjects of everyday life, the theatre, Shakespeare, the Civil War and horses.  At a time when it was in vogue to have parlor statuary in one's home, Rogers provided appealing high quality durable plaster statuary which was well within the financial reach of many for whom marble or bronze statuary was not.