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26-1580: John Rogers may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] John Rogers (sculptor) (1829–1904), American sculptor John Rogers (actor) (1888–1963) British actor John Rogers (writer) ( fl.  1996– ), American screenwriter, comics writer, film producer Business and industry [ edit ] John Rogers (businessman) ( c.  1961 –2018), Canadian-born American businessman and executive John F. W. Rogers (born 1956), American businessman; Goldman Sachs partner John W. Rogers Jr. (born 1958), American businessman and investor Law and politics [ edit ] United Kingdom [ edit ] John Rogers (died 1565) (before 1507–1565), English MP for Dorset John Rogers II (died 1611/12), MP for Canterbury Sir John Rogers, 1st Baronet (1649–1710), English MP for Plymouth 1698–1700 Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet (1676–1744), British MP for Plymouth 1713–1722 Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet (1708–1773), British MP for Plymouth 1739–1740 Sir John Rogers, 6th Baronet (1780–1847), British MP for Callington John Rogers (1750–1832) , British MP for West Looe, Penryn and Helston John Jope Rogers (1816–1880), British barrister, author and MP for Helston United States [ edit ] John Rogers (speaker) (1653–1707), politician from Rhode Island John Rogers (Continental Congress) (1723–1789), delegate to Continental Congress John Rogers (Cherokee chief) (1779–1846), last elected Principal Chief of

52-479: A charity event, "The Checker Players," a group in clay, which attracted much attention. This event marked the beginning of an unusual career. Rogers died at his home in New Canaan, Connecticut , in 1904. John Roger's statuettes celebrated the lives ordinary, everyday, urban and rural people, in portraits that conveyed and endorsed shared American values. Through his Rogers Groups he offered an unrivaled transcript of

78-436: A few copies were cast and sold. Of other John Rogers Groups, thousands were sold. In Rogers' 30-year career, the artist sold over a million dollars of sculpture (about $ 30,000,000 in 2015, adjusted for inflation). It is estimated that a total of 80,000 – 100,000 plaster castings of his groups were produced during John Rogers’ lifetime. By the 1880s, it seemed that families who did not have a John Rogers Group were not conforming to

104-453: A new Attorney General would have practised as a senior counsel for a number of years prior to his or her appointment. Rogers was appointed an SC on the day he was made Attorney General of Ireland. He has worked as a senior counsel in the Law Library, Dublin, from 1987 to date. Rogers was banned from driving, for 2 years, in 1998 after being arrested for drink driving. He was more than twice over

130-493: Is an Irish barrister who served as Attorney General of Ireland from 1984 to 1987. He was educated at Rockwell College and Trinity College Dublin . The Labour Party demanded the right to choose the Attorney General in the coalition government of 1984 . At the time Mary Robinson was expected to be chosen; instead the nomination went to John Rogers, who had not yet been appointed a senior counsel (SC). Traditionally

156-476: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Rogers (sculptor) He became famous for his small genre sculptures, popularly termed "Rogers Groups", which were mass-produced in cast plaster. A total of 80,000 copies of almost 80 Rogers Groups were sold across the United States and abroad. At the height of their popularity, Rogers' figurines graced

182-722: The Amoskeag Locomotive Works in Manchester, New Hampshire , to learn the trade. During this period, John Rogers devoted himself to his art with enthusiasm and his attention was drawn to sculpture, in particular. John Rogers began to model in clay in his leisure hours. Nevertheless, in 1856 Rogers sought work in Hannibal, Missouri as a mechanic with the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad . In 1858 he left that position to visit Europe to continue his formal education in sculpting. On his return in 1859 he went to Chicago, where he modeled, for

208-1386: The Matthew Bible John Rogers (died 1636) , English Puritan lecturer of Dedham, Essex John Rogers (Fifth Monarchist) (1627–?), English minister and physician John Rogers (Harvard) (1630–1684), English Puritan minister and president of Harvard University John Rogers (archdeacon of Leicester) (1648–1715), Anglican priest in England John Rogers (priest, born 1679) (1679–1729), English controversialist John Rogers (divine) (1778–1856), English clergyman and writer John Rogers (dean of Llandaff) (1934–2023), Dean of Llandaff Cathedral in Wales Sports [ edit ] Cricket [ edit ] John Rogers (cricketer, born 1858) (1858–1935), Australian cricketer for Victoria John Rogers (cricketer, born 1860) (1860–?), English cricketer for Middlesex John Rogers (cricketer, born 1910) (1910–1968), English first-class cricketer John Rogers (cricketer, born 1943) , Australian cricketer for New South Wales, see Chris Rogers John Rogers (cricketer, born 1987) , Australian cricketer for Tasmania, Western Australia Other sports [ edit ] John Rogers (baseball) (1844–1910), American baseball executive; owner of

234-618: The Bond?" (1880) from The Merchant of Venice , "Ha! I like Not That" (1882) from Othello , and others. Rogers was also commissioned to execute a number of monumental sculptures, including the sculpture of General John F. Reynolds (1881-1883), which stands before the Philadelphia City Hall, and in 1887 he exhibited "Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman," a huge bronze group. While Rogers produced plaster castings of his groups in

260-875: The California Gold Rush John T. Rogers (journalist) (1881–1937), American journalist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch John Rogers (RAF officer) (1928–2021), British air marshal John Daniel Rogers (born 1954), American curator of archaeology at the National Museum of Natural History John A. Rogers (born 1967), American physical chemist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign See also [ edit ] Johnny Rogers (disambiguation) John Rodgers (disambiguation) Jon Rogers (disambiguation) John Roger (disambiguation) Jack Rogers (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

286-706: The Cherokee Nation West John Sill Rogers (1796–1860), American politician John Rogers (New York politician) (1813–1879), US Congressman from New York John Rankin Rogers (1838–1901), Governor of Washington John Henry Rogers (1845–1911), US Representative and judge from Arkansas John Jacob Rogers (1881–1925), Massachusetts Congressman John W. Rogers Sr. (1918–2014), American attorney, judge, and military aviator John Rogers (Alabama politician) (born 1940), Alabama State Representative John M. Rogers (born 1948), US federal judge on

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312-888: The Civil War, were also very popular. Among the most commonly found John Rogers Groups today are "Coming to the Parson" (1870), " We Boys" (1872), "The Favored Scholar" (1873), "Going for the Cows" (1873) and "Checkers up at the Farm" (1875). Rogers also sculpted several statues illustrating passages from literature, including a series of three groups illustrating Washington Irving 's Rip Van Winkle (1871) as well as "Why don't You speak for Yourself?" (1885) from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 's The Courtship of Miles Standish . In addition, John Rogers frequently used subjects from Shakespeare, including “The Wrestlers” (1881) from As You Like It , "Is it so nominated in

338-803: The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit John C. Rogers (born 1960), US Defense Department deputy John H. Rogers (born 1964), Massachusetts state representative John Rogers (Ohio politician) ( fl.  2012– ), Ohio state representative Elsewhere [ edit ] John Warrington Rogers (1822–1906), MP and judge in Tasmania, Australia John Rogers (Australian politician) (1842–1908) John Rogers (Irish lawyer) (born 1947), Attorney General of Ireland, 1984–1987 Religion [ edit ] John Rogers (Bible editor and martyr) (c. 1500–1555), English clergyman; editor and translator of

364-518: The Davis Press of Worcester, Massachusetts. Regular edition 410 copies and special edition 155 copies. The binding of the special edition had leather trim and included a chapter on the Rogers Groups produced in parian. Each book of both the regular and special editions was accompanied by a slipcase and was hand numbered. John Rogers (Irish lawyer) John Rogers SC (born 11 September 1947)

390-568: The Oath and Drawing the Rations" and "Union Refugees." In addition, some of these English copies were produced in majolica (a glazed porcelain). While the Parians are always white, the majolica versions have been found in white, red, green, beige and brown. It is important to note that these Parian and majolica versions were essentially "knock offs" since while the subject and compositions were extremely similar to

416-1063: The Philadelphia Phillies John Rogers (rugby union) (1867–1922), England international rugby union player John T. Rogers (coach) (fl. 1899–1900), American football and basketball coach at Temple University John W. Rogers (horse trainer) (1852–1908), American Thoroughbred horse trainer John Rogers (ice hockey, born 1910) (1910–?), British ice hockey player John Rogers (American football center) (1910–1968), American football player John Rogers (rower) (1930–2016), Australian Olympic rower John Rogers (footballer) (born 1950), English footballer John Rogers (ice hockey, born 1953) , Canadian ice hockey player Others [ edit ] John Rogers (academic) (1651–1703), English academic John Rogers (Albemarle County, Virginia) (died 1838), American agriculturalist; overseer of three plantations John Rogers (naturalist) (1807–1867), English barrister and gardener John Haney Rogers (1822–1906), American pioneer in

442-753: The Rogers originals, these Parian manufacturers actually "resculpted' the pieces using their own staff artists. So, there are numerous variations in the details between the original plasters and the Parian copies. However, Rogers himself did sculpt "The Fisher Girl" of which 11 copies were cast in England by Copeland in Parian ware, as a lottery winning for subscribers/members of the Cosmopolitan Art Association in 1861. In 1878 Rogers opened his small studio in New Canaan, Connecticut. The popularity of Rogers' figurines

468-618: The United States, during his lifetime, seven of his groups were copied in England in Parian ware , which is an unpolished porcelain, by at least two companies, Robert Cooke and Robinson & Leadbeater. There may have been other makers of these Parian-ware Rogers Groups. While not definitive, it is assumed these copies were unauthorized, as there is no record of Rogers having made arrangements for their manufacture. The groups that were produced in Parian ware include "One More Shot", The Wounded Scout", "Checker Players", "Camp Life, The Card Players", "Taking

494-469: The color of putty to hide dust. Rogers was inspired by popular novels, poems and prints as well as the scenes he saw around him. John Rogers was born in Salem, Massachusetts , on October 30, 1829, to an unsuccessful but well-connected Boston merchant and attended Boston English High School . He gave early evidence of artistic interests and even as a young child, showed a taste and talent for drawing. However, it

520-570: The manners, sports, amusements, social customs, domestic interests, costumes, and even modes of furnishing of the period. John Rogers made statues of Civil War soldiers, family groups, literary topics, theater scenes and heroic historical figures. His statues ranged from eight to forty-six inches tall. Between 1860 and 1893 Rogers sculpted approximately 85 different, mostly patented groups of statuary. During that period, some 25 workman in his New York factory turned out thousands of plaster castings of his works. Of some subjects executed by John Rogers, only

546-509: The parlors of homes in the United States and were found as far away as Chile and Australia . The English novelist Charles Reade furnished his home with all the Rogers figurines available to him, and in the Dakota Territory , Lt. Col. George Custer and his wife had one. Often selling for $ 15 apiece, the figurines were affordable to the middle class. Instead of working in bronze and marble, he sculpted in more affordable plaster, painted

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572-405: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Rogers&oldid=1243339237 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

598-433: The times. Even Abraham Lincoln had a John Rogers Group. John Rogers statuary were moderately priced, averaging $ 14.00 a piece (about $ 425 in 2015 dollars). Rogers' sculptures became a nationwide vogue, and were seen in virtually every art and bookstore window. The appearance of a new John Rogers statue was a major event covered by reporters from the nation's newspapers. John Rogers’ sculpture of "The Slave Auction," which

624-866: Was already declining when poor health forced his retirement in 1893 and had significantly diminished by the time of his death in 1904. His studio at The New Canaan Historical Society, 13 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan Connecticut, now known as the John Rogers Studio , was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1965. John Rogers Groups of Statuary by Paul and Meta Bleier, privately published with spiral binding in 1971 and 1976. Republished as bound book with addendum by Bruce Bleier in 2001 by Schiffer Publishing Ltd. John Rogers, The Peoples Sculptor by David H. Wallace, Wesleyan University Press, 1967. Rogers Groups: Thought and Wrought by John Rogers by Mr. and Mrs. Chetwood Smith, published 1934 by Charles E. Goodspeed & Co. Of this book, 565 copies were printed by

650-490: Was exhibited in New York in 1860, brought him to the notice of the general public. This was the forerunner of the well-known war series of Civil War statuettes which included, among others, the "Picket Guard" (1862), "One more Shot" (1864), "Union Refugees” (1864), "Taking the Oath and drawing Rations" (1866), "Wounded Scout" (1864), and "Council of War" (1868). Rogers’ works on social subjects, most of which were sculpted following

676-473: Was the feeling of his parents that an artist’s life was little better than a vagabond , and in 1845, at the age of sixteen, after what was considered a good education in the town schools, he was placed in a dry-goods store in Boston , with the intention of learning the business. However, John Rogers felt certain he was not suited for this line of work, and in 1848 he began his career as a machinist and draftsman at

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