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Checkers up at the Farm
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
John Rogers created several groups that depicted people playing checkers. The first of these, Checker Players, was modeled in 1859 and received so much publicity that Rogers decided to devote all of his time to sculpting. Checkers up at the Farm was completed some fifteen years later and was Rogers’s second most popular piece, with a total sale of five thousand copies. The artist’s wife, Hattie, was the model for the farmer’s wife who watches the final moments of the game.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineCheckers up at the Farm. patented 1875. John Rogers, born Salem, MA 1829-died New Canaan, CT 1904. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Rogers and Son. CC0.
