Checkers up at the Farm / John Rogers
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- Accession Number
- 1950/1.100
- Title
- Checkers up at the Farm
- Artist
- John Rogers
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1829-1904
- Medium and Support
- painted plaster
- Object Creation Date
- 1875
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Inscription
- Signed and inscribed, top face of base, l.c.: JOHN ROGERS / NEW YORK Inscribed front face of base, c.: CHECKERS / UP AT THE FARM Inscribed top face of base, u.r.: PATENTED / DECEMBER 28th 1875.
- Dimensions
- 51.1 cm x 43.8 cm x 29.5 cm (20 1/8 in. x 17 1/4 in. x 11 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- casting
- Secondary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Secondary Object Type
- nude
- Physical Description
- Plaster sculpture depicting two men sitting on stools playing checkers using a barrel as a table with a woman holding a baby standing behind them.
- Subject Matter
- Checkers up at the Farm, like many 19th-century works focuses on a domestic scene that highlights happier aspects of American life. It is a jovial genre-scene, which like many of John Rogers’ works tells a story and is infused with sentiment and a touch of humor. This piece depicts two men playing a game of checkers. The man on the right appears to be winning. John Rogers worked directly in clay from live models (often his wife, children and friends). He mass-produced affordable plaster copies of his most popular pieces, and his works soon became a parlor-necessity in Victorian America.
- Primary Keywords
- babies
- barrels (containers)
- basket
- checkers (game pieces)
- men
- seated
- standing
- women
- Secondary Keywords
- card, table and board game elements
- containers
- containers by form
- figures
- game pieces
- objects
- objects we use
- offspring
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by family relationship
- people by gender
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for competitive activities
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1081 x 949
- File Size
- 70 KB
- Record
- 1950/1.100
- Link to this Item
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"Checkers up at the Farm; John Rogers." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1950-sl-1.100/1950_1.100.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.