Antique John Rogers Cast Plaster Statue "Rip Van Winkle At Home". Patented in 1871. The statue is approx 10" x 9" x 18 1/2" and with the included book, it weighs 19.58lbs. The statue is in a good, vintage condition with heavy paint flaking and some cracks. Please see the images as they are part of the description.

Also comes with a softcover book, "John Rogers' Groups Of Statuary: A Pictorial & Annotated Guide For The Collector By Paul & Meta Bleier. This was self-published by the writers in 1971 (New York). The book is approx 4 1/2"x 1" x 5 1/2". The book has shelf-wear. The book is filled to the brim with interesting info about the sculptor and photos of his statues, including his Rip Van Winkle series.

John Rogers (1829–1904) was an American sculptor who produced very popular, relatively inexpensive figurines in the latter 19th century. He became famous for his small genre sculptures, popularly termed "Rogers Groups", which were mass-produced in cast plaster. A total of 80,000 copies of almost 80 Rogers Groups were sold across the United States and abroad. At the height of their popularity, Rogers' figurines graced the parlors of homes in the United States and were found as far away as Chile and Australia. The English novelist Charles Reade furnished his home with all the Rogers figurines available to him, and in the Dakota Territory, Lt. Col. George Custer and his wife had one. Often selling for $15 apiece, the figurines were affordable to the middle class.Instead of working in bronze and marble, he sculpted in more affordable plaster, painted the color of putty to hide dust. Rogers was inspired by popular novels, poems and prints as well as the scenes he saw around him.