Collection Highlights
Minaret Turkish Cigarettes
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.111.AMER.MIN
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Laura Derby Rogers (1879-1897)
Object Number:
1955.160
Date:
1891
Medium:
Painted plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 15 x 6 7/8 in. ( 33 x 38.1 x 17.5 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: on base: "Laura D. Rogers/Sept 17/1891"
Description:
Life mask
Gallery Label:
Laura Derby Rogers was the daughter of John Rogers, the sculptor, and Harriet Moore (Francis) Rogers. She was the sister of John Rogers III and of the donor.
Bibliography:
Wallace, David H., John Rogers, The People's Sculptor, Middleton, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1967, pp. 9, 31-3, 117, 242, 244, 269, 276.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, Vol. II, 1974, pp. 676-7.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Katherine Rebecca Rogers
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
