Artist:

Ward, John Quincy Adams 1830-1910  Search this

Subject:

Beecher, Henry Ward  Search this

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1891. Installed June 24, 1891

Notes:

On photo mount label: J.Q.A. Ward. Portrait statue of Henry Ward Beecher. Brooklyn, Borough Hall Park. Gift of: Carnegie Corporation of New York. Classification number: 282/W259/520/2d copy. Accession: 17875. On second photo mount label: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/The Library/This Collection of Photographs/Desirable in the Study of Art/was assembled by/The Carnegie Corporation/of New York/and Presented to the Museum/in the Year 1930/(stamped:) 1751. On second and third photo mount labels (one on recto and one on verso:) AMERICAN SCULPTURE/Ward, John Quincy Adams (1830-1910)/Monument to Henry Ward Beecher/1891/Bronze/Portrait above Life-Size/BROOKLYN, IN FRONT OF COURT HOUSE.

Historical photograph of the Beecher memorial located at Borough Hall Park, before it was relocated to Cadman Plaza in 1959.

Sharp, Lewis I., "John Quincy Adams Ward, Dean of American Sculpture," Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1985, no. 91.

1 photographic print : b&w, 9 3/8 x 7 5/16 in. (trimmed), mounted on 9 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. board.

Topic:

Portrait male--Full length  Search this

Occupation--Religion--Clergy  Search this

Occupation--Other--Reformer  Search this

Occupation--Education--Orator  Search this

Figure group  Search this

Ethnic  Search this

Image number:

SSC S0002383

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Study Collection of American Sculpture Photographs

Data Source:

Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum

EDAN-URL:

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