Study of Seated Male Figures for Sculpture Base (from Sketchbook), John Quincy Adams Ward, ca. 1860

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Study of Seated Male Figures for Sculpture Base (from Sketchbook), ca. 1860, Graphite on paper, 10 7/8 × 5 5/8 in. ( × cm), Drawings, John Quincy Adams Ward (American, Urbana, Ohio 1830–1910 New York), Ward, a student of Henry Kirke Brown, became known as the 'Dean of American Sculpture.' This page is from a sketchbook, which provides an intimate look at the artist’s working methods. Ward’s sketches include several classically influenced figures mingled with American Indians on horseback as well as a number of bison

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