After nearly 14 months, the Travelling Magician arrived home safe and sound on January 6, 2004.  As you can tell from the before and after photos, not only has the damage been repaired, but the piece has been restored to it's original condition. 

I am very satisfied with the work done by K & G Enterprises and would highly recommend them to anyone looking to have a John Rogers Group restored.

George Mechling and his shop.

You can contact George at K & G Enterprises.

Links

John Rogers The People's Sculptor, by William Ordway Partridge Feb. 1896

New-York Historical Society

Books

Rogers Groups: Thought & Wrought by John Rogers
by Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Chetwood
Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed & Co, 1934. Limited, Numbered. 145 pp. Hardcover (decorated paper-covered boards; cloth spine) in cardboard slipcase with black & white plate on front. Five hundred and sixty-five copies of this book were printed altogether (410 of the regular edition and 155 of the special edition)

John Rogers : The People's Sculptor
by Wallace, David H.
Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1967. 326 pp, b/w ill., Hardcover with DJ.

John Rogers' Groups of Statuary
by Bleier, Paul & Meta
NY: Privately Printed, 1971/1976 Spiral Bound. 134 pp. Multiple Editions.

John Rogers & the Rogers Groups, 1829-1904
by Publisher: New Canaan Historical Society
New Canaan, Ct.: New Canaan Historical Society, 1988. Softcover, ISBN: 0939958031 66 pp. Title essay and two others ("The Making of a Rogers Group" and "The Care and Repair of Rogers Groups") by John Rogers, great-grandson of the artist; "Recollections of my father", written in 1940, by Alexander P. Rogers. Note: p. 51-66 consist of the Society's annual reports for 1986-1987.

John Rogers Groups
by Flint Institute of Art
Publisher: Flint, MI: Flint Institute of Art, 1976; Soft Cover. Exhibition catalog.

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