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The Council of War

Artist: John Rogers, 30 Oct 1829 - 26 Jul 1904
Sitter: Ulysses Simpson Grant, 27 Apr 1822 - 23 Jul 1885; Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865; Edwin McMasters Stanton, 19 Dec 1814 - 24 Dec 1869

Topic: Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair; Printed Material; Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses; Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard; Abraham Lincoln: Male; Abraham Lincoln: Law and Crime\Lawyer; Abraham Lincoln: Military and Intelligence\Soldier; Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\President of US; Abraham Lincoln: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist; Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant; Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois; Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor; Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\State Senator\Illinois; Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster; Abraham Lincoln: Crafts and Trades\Boat builder; Ulysses Simpson Grant: Male; Ulysses Simpson Grant: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Farmer; Ulysses Simpson Grant: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of War; Ulysses Simpson Grant: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War; Ulysses Simpson Grant: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General; Ulysses Simpson Grant: Politics and Government\President of US; Ulysses Simpson Grant: Congressional Gold Medal; Edwin McMasters Stanton: Male; Edwin McMasters Stanton: Law and Crime\Lawyer; Edwin McMasters Stanton: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\US Attorney General; Edwin McMasters Stanton: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of War; Portrait

Credit Line: Owner: Stuart F. Mackler; This record is part of the Catalog of American Portraits, a research archive of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Permission to reproduce images (if available) must be obtained from the portrait owner. Please note that if an owner is listed above, this information may not be current.

Exhibition Label: John Rogers became the most popular U.S. sculptor of his day by mass-producing affordable, small-scale sculptural groups like this one. A fervent abolitionist, Rogers favored subjects that reflected his antislavery, pro-Union views. Here, he represents the moment when General Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885; standing, left) first proposed his plans for an aggressive military campaign against the Confederacy to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton (1814–1869) and President Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865). Rogers designed this work in 1868, three years after Lincoln’s assassination.; John Rogers se volvió el escultor más popular de su época en EE.UU. produciendo en masa grupos escultóricos de pequeña escala y precio módico, como este. Abolicionista ferviente, favorecía temas que reflejaran sus opiniones antiesclavistas y en pro de la Unión. Aquí presenta el momento en que el general Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885; izquierda, de pie) propuso al secretario de guerra Edwin Stanton (1814–1869) y al presidente Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) sus planes para una agresiva campaña militar contra la Confederación. Rogers diseñó esta obra en 1868, tres años después del asesinato de Lincoln.