Ceramic Sculpture After John Rogers "Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John"

Item Details

Ceramic

A ceramic sculpture titled Why Don’t You Speak for Yourself, John after sculptor John Rogers (American, 1829–1904). This work depicts a line from a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow titled The Courtship of Miles Standish. Featured is an interior scene with a man approaching a woman who is seated at a spinning wheel. The work is inscribed in-mold and reads ‘Patented Feb. 10 1885’ to the verso. This sculpture is presented atop a wooden stand and accompanied with a printed article by Ian Berke.

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Condition

- accretions; marks; surface and edge wear; some surface wear to stand.

Dimensions

- measured together.

Item #

17LEX245-667