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 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.
If you visit the Ford's Theatre museum you can see this popular
sculpture by John Rogers. Crafted in 1867, it was one of thousands
he produced in plaster soon after Abraham Lincoln's death.
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