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Off-white plaster figure group: a young woman stands at left beside a man leaning over a desk with a book, and a seated boy rests his head at right.

The Favored Scholar, plaster group by John Rogers

A plaster sculpture in unglazed off-white shows a young woman in a long dress and apron standing at left, while a young man leans over a schoolroom desk beside her to point at a book. A seated boy with his head propped on his hand sits at right near a flower-filled vase.

Artist
John Rogers
Date
patented 1873
Medium
cast and painted plaster
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
2376 × 3000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1873).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

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