Henry Ward Beecher Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn, New York

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The bronze statue of Henry Ward Beecher was designed by John Quincy Adams Ward and placed on a granite pedestal designed by Richard Morris Hunt in 1891. At the base are bronze figures of an African-American woman and two children representing Beecher's devotion to abolition and children. Beecher was the brother of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" author Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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Size: 3456px × 5184px
Location: Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Photo credit: © Matthew Kiernan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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