The Favored Scholar

Copied John Rogers, The Favored Scholar, patented 1873, cast and painted plaster, 21 1⁄8 x 16 1⁄8 x 12 1⁄4 in. (53.5 x 40.9 x 31.0 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Rogers and Son, 1882.1.7
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Artwork Details

Title
The Favored Scholar
Artist
Date
patented 1873
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
21 1⁄8 x 16 1⁄8 x 12 1⁄4 in. (53.5 x 40.9 x 31.0 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Rogers and Son
Mediums
Mediums Description
cast and painted plaster
Classifications
Keywords
  • Recreation — courting
  • Occupation — education — teacher
  • Figure group — male and child
  • Occupation — education — student
Object Number
1882.1.7
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1882.1.7

Artwork Description

The Favored Scholar was one of John Rogers’s more sentimental groups, showing a girl receiving special attention from a young male teacher. It proved a very personal subject for one schoolteacher, Mr. B. W. Woodward from Pennsylvania, who gave this sculpture pride of place after he married his own “favored scholar.”