General George B. McClellan
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Diam. 18 in. (45.7 cm)
Classification
Relief
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Donna Hassler, 2015
Accession Number
2015.755
Tags
HorsesSoldiersMen
About the Artist
John Quincy Adams Ward|Felix Octavius Carr Darley · 1830–1910
John Quincy Adams Ward (1830–1910) was born in Urbana, Ohio, the fourth of eight children, and displayed an early aptitude for three-dimensional form, modeling figures in clay from childhood. In 1849 he moved to Brooklyn, New York, to apprentice under the sculptor Henry Kirke Brown, with whom he worked for seven years. Brown's emphasis on American subjects and his conviction that sculpture should ...