Below are pictured virtually every existing sculpture that John Rogers published in plaster, including variations. Variations were particular groups where, for either aesthetic or structural reasons, Rogers decided to make a change to the original composition of the statue and from that time forward only sold casting of the "new and improved" version. An example would be the three variations of "Council of War" in which the position of Stanton’s hands have been changed.
There are a few pieces that Rogers is known to have published, such as "The Farmer’s Home" for which no copy has been located and for which no photograph was available. If examples of these pieces are ever discovered, they will be added to the gallery below.
A poor woman has left her baby in a basket filled with straw, at the doorstop of an old gentleman, who comes out with his lamp and takes it kindly up, while she listens behind the fence, to hear how it will be received. She has one of the baby's shoes in her hand as a keepsake. This version attaches the mother's head to the gate via a leaf, presumably to assist in the structural integrity of the group.
Height: 21”Date: November 22, 1870