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Agriculture by James Gamble Rogers
Photo CreditPhoto courtesy of McKay Lodge Fine Arts Conservation Laboratory, Inc.
Agriculture
Photo CreditPhoto courtesy of McKay Lodge Fine Arts Conservation Laboratory, Inc.

Agriculture

Artist
Year1912
Classification sculpture
Medium sheet copper
Dimensions12' x 10'
Location
  • The allegorical figures represent History (wearing a bonnet), Agriculture (with a cornucopia), Industry (with a tool), and the Arts (with a flower).  Each female has her back to the others at 90 degrees.  In the area behind the figures is a large openwork armillary sphere with an equatorial band of copper repousse zodiac figures.  Original contracts and correspondence reveal that the Piccirilli Brothers of New York City furnished 3/4" scale models in plaster, as well as 4 full-size plaster models of the seated "ladies", based on the drawings of James Gambel Rogers.