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John Quincy Adams Ward (June 29, 1830 – May 1, 1910) was an American sculptor, whose most familiar work is his larger than life-size standing statue of George Washington on the steps of Federal Hall National Memorial in New York City.
John Quincy Adams Ward American. 1860, cast by 1883. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 761. With his statuette of a Native American youth and his dog, Ward answered the call for sculpture modeled by home-based, rather than expatriate, artists in a realist style.
Artist: John Quincy Adams Ward (American, Urbana, Ohio 1830–1910 New York) Founder: Cast by Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company (ca. 1882–1926) Date: 1863, cast 1891. Culture: American. Medium: Bronze. Dimensions: 19 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (49.5 x 37.5 x 24.8 cm)
In this plaster, as in the edition of finished bronze statuettes (1973.257), Ward paid close attention to realistic anatomical form and textural detail in depicting a Native American man leaning forward in mid-stride tracking his prey and restraining his dog.
In the fall of 1862, shortly after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, John Quincy Adams Ward began modeling The Freedman. A supporter of abolitionism, the sculptor employed a classically inspired vocabulary to sensitively portray a Black male figure, a broken shackle on his wrist.
Dec 6, 2023 · John Quincy Adams Ward, The Freedman. by Erin Long, Amon Carter Museum of American Art and Dr. Beth Harris. This remarkable work honors those who fought for their own freedom, but acknowledges that the struggle goes on.
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Dec 6, 2023 · John Quincy Adams Ward, The Freedman, 1863, bronze (Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas). Speakers: Erin Long, Lead Gallery Teacher, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and Beth Harris.
