Private Theatricals/​Last Moments behind the Scenes

John Rogers, Private Theatricals/Last Moments behind the Scenes, 1878, plaster/cast/painted, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Robert O. Werlich, 1976.113.18
Copied John Rogers, Private Theatricals/Last Moments behind the Scenes, 1878, plaster/cast/painted, 24 1819 5812 in. (61.350.030.5 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Robert O. Werlich, 1976.113.18
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Artwork Details

Title
Private Theatricals/​Last Moments behind the Scenes
Artist
Date
1878
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
24 1819 5812 in. (61.350.030.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert O. Werlich
Mediums
Mediums Description
plaster/cast/painted
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure group
  • Performing arts — theater
Object Number
1976.113.18

Artwork Description

John Rogers modeled many sculptures of what he described as the “spirit and action” of the theater. This piece shows two actors in seventeenth-century costume, making final preparations before going on stage. The artist’s sister, Laura Derby Rogers, may have posed for this group while visiting Rogers’s new house in Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan.