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DESCRIPTION:
Tan plaster sculpture depicting three Black figures. A man in the center of the scene is sitting on a cabinet, holding a boot and a brush. He is leaning over a book held by a woman standing on his right. A male child with a book in his lap is seated on the floor and is tickling the man's bare foot.
sculpture (visual work)
painting (coating)
plaster
Sculpture
Sculpture
Impressed on front, center: ""John Rogers/ New York/ Uncle Ned's School"" On reverse: ""Patented/ July 3d/ 1866""
Rogers, John (Sculptor)
New York, NY, USA
20 x 15 x 9 (HxWxD) (inches)
Museum Purchase
1941.259
July 3, 1866 (Patent date)
New York state (United States)
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