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Sculpture of a man with a mortar and pestle preparing medicine for a woman holding a sick child.
sculpture (visual work)
bronze (metal)
medicine
Sculpture
Sculpture
Impressed on front, center: ""John Rogers/ New York/ The Charity Patient"" On reverse of dresser: ""Patented/ Dec. 4/ 1866.""
Rogers, John (Maker)
New York, NY, USA
22 x 13 1/2 x 8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Percival H. Lombard
1933.196
New York state (United States)
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