Called The Council of War, the work stands two feet
high and shows President Lincoln seated on a chair
examining a map. He is flanked by depictions of Union General Ulysses S. Grant
and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
Rogers, a Massachusetts native, became known for sculpting
groups of people. Of these, he is most famous for
The Council of War. He also produced a heroic-sized
Lincoln statue for Manchester, New Hampshire.Rogers Statue
in Washington, D.C.
This popular sculpture by John Rogers appears in many collections. This one
was photographed at the Ford's Theatre museum before its renovation. Crafted
in 1867, it was one of thousands he produced in plaster soon after Abraham
Lincoln's death.
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