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A full-length portrait of a carpenter, aged 48, working at his bench with his plane and with a dog at his feet. Thomas Rogers worked at Erddig for more than 65 years: he started as a pig-boy in 1798, and went on to be a thatcher's assistant. He was made a pensioner at the age of 90 and died in 1875 aged 94. In a daguerreotype photograph taken of the servants on the steps of Erdigg in 1852 he can be seen holding a saw and standing next to his son, and successor, James Rogers. There are two sets of servant portraits at Erddig and this is one of the second (and superior) set. Individual portraits of servants are not uncommon, but the sets at Erddig, which established a tradition later carried on in the form of photographs, may be unique. The first set was painted in the 1790s for Philip Yorke I, who wrote and published the 'Crude-Ditties' accompanying them.
Title
Thomas Rogers (1781–1875), Carpenter, Aged 48
Date
1830
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 112 x W 94 cm
Accession number
1151280
Acquisition method
gift from Philip Yorke III along with the estate, house and other contents, 1973
Work type
Painting
