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The Elder's Daughter
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About this work
John Rogers modeled many groups that included his favorite animal, the horse. To depict the horse accurately, he measured many different breeds, took casts from anatomical specimens, and studied photographs of horses in motion. In Elder’s Daughter, the horse carries a Puritan and his daughter home from church. The elder glares at the young man, who has committed sacrilege by offering his daughter an apple on the Sabbath.
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Credit lineThe Elder's Daughter. patented 1877. John Rogers, born Salem, MA 1829-died New Canaan, CT 1904. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase. CC0.
