The New Student's Reference Work/Ward, John Quincy Adams

Ward, John Quincy Adams, an American sculptor, was born at Urbana, O., June 29, 1830. His first work was done in Washington, and consisted largely of busts of noted men, as Alexander Stephens, Hamlin etc. Since 1861 his home has been in New York. His Indian Hunter, A Private of the Seventh Regiment and Shakespeare are in Central Park, New York City; his colossal statue of Washington is on the steps of the sub-treasury building in Wall Street, New York, and a statue of Henry Ward Beecher in Brooklyn, and that of William E. Dodge pn Broadway, New York. The Good Samaritan, The Freedman and statues of Commodore Perry, Washington and General Thomas are others of his well-known works.