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.
In this group, a horse is nibbling grass near the fence while the boy has jumped off and is interested with his dog at a woodchuck hole. The boy has ridden to the pasture to bring the cows in for the night. So preoccupied are they with the investigation that they fail to see that the bars of the fence are down and the cows probably long since gone.
Height: 11 ½”Date: December 2, 1873