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.
- Title
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The Elder’s Daughter
- Artist
- Date
- patented 1877
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 21 x 19 1⁄2 x 10 5⁄8 in. (53.2 x 49.5 x 27.1 cm)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Museum purchase
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- painted plaster
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Occupation – religion – elder
- Recreation – courting
- Equestrian
- History – United States – Colonization
- Object – fruit – apple
- Figure group
- Object Number
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1967.131
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI
