
John Quincy Adams Ward (1830-1910) was considered the dean of American sculpture during the Gilded Age. Born in Urbana, Ohio, he trained under Henry Kirke Brown and became the most prominent American sculptor to work entirely in the United States, never studying in Europe.
Ward's bronze George Washington (1883) on the steps of Federal Hall in lower Manhattan, standing on the spot where Washington took the oath of office, is one of the most recognizable statues in New York. He also created the Indian Hunter in Central Park, the Pilgrim statue, and numerous portrait statues across American cities.
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