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Catalog of the Fine Arts CollectionPlease note that the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum prohibits the use of images from its collection in public exhibition, broadcast, electronic reproduction or publication in any form without prior written permission from the institution.If you would like to reproduce any of the Art Gallery images in any form, contact us at 748-8291.
John Quincy Adams Ward (1830-1910), American John Quincy Adams Ward was among the nation's leading sculptors at mid-century. As scholar Wayne Craven has observed, Ward's sense of naturalism, strength of design, and incisive portrayal of individual character distinguish his later portraits, such as this one. This depiction of the Athenaeum's founder was commissioned on behalf of the institution by Fairbanks' wife Mary, five years after her husband's death. She reviewed photographs of studies for the final work, making detailed suggestions to the artist so that her husband would appear as she remembered him.
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