Rogers, Randolph
sculptor, was born July 6, 1825, in Auburn, N. Y. He opened a studio in New York, where he remained until 1855. Among his earlier works are Ruth, an ideal bust; Nydia; Boy Skating; Isaac, full-length; and the statue of John Adams, in Mt. Auburn cemetery. One of his best-known works, the bas-reliefs on the doors of the capitol at Washington, representing scenes in the life of Columbus, was designed in 1858, and cast in bronze at Munich. In 1861 he completed the Washington monument at Richmond, which had been left unfinished by Thomas Crawford.