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Ward, John Quincy Adams

Ward, John Quincy Adams

(1830–1910) sculptor; born near Urbana, Ohio. He studied with Henry Kirke Brown and became his assistant (1849–56) before opening his own studio in New York City (1861). He is known for his naturalistic equestrian statues and historical and commemorative portrait sculptures, such as Freeman (1863), which depicts Lincoln and a freed slave.
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.
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