Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire
1836
1858.3
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Sculpture
Blind Man's Bluff, Santa Claus
Title
Blind Man's Bluff, Santa Claus
Date
1876
Medium
Plaster composition
Dimensions
Overall: 12 3/8 x 12 in. ( 31.4 x 30.5 cm )
Description
Bas-relief garden urn with hole through base.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Katherine Rebecca Rogers
Object Number
1936.709a
Marks
signed: on base rim: "JOHN ROGERS N. Y."
Gallery Label
Also called "Father Christmas"
Bibliography
Wallace, David H., John Rogers, The People's Sculptor, Middleton, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1967, pp. 177-8.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
