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John Quincy Adams Ward
1830–1910 · United States
Sculptor. Worked with Charles Patrick Daly and Frederick A. P. Barnard.
Life and work
- October 1880 – 1881Sat, as 'Mr. J. Q. A. Ward, the sculptor', on the five-man committee that investigated Feuardent's charges at Cesnola's request (Oct. 1880 letter to the Executive Committee): F. A. P. Barnard (chair), Roswell D. Hitchcock, Charles P. Daly, Ward and W. C. Prime. They reported that 'each and all of the charges are without foundation' and that, if Cesnola had erred, it was 'in too rigidly refraining from making repairs where correctness was reasonably certain'. The Art Amateur says the committee suppressed testimony offered in support of Feuardent; its reprint of The Sun's editorial calls the inquiry 'a sham'. Marangou calls Prime and Ward the two trustees on the committee.
New YorkMarangou 2000, p. 309The Feuardent-Cesnola Trial (Editorial… 1883, p. 4aThe End of the… 1884, p. 96
- August–December 1881Savage testified (Jan. 1884 report) that when he asked whether the sarcophagus of Golgoi would be included in the promised statement of restorations, Cesnola replied: 'I cannot include the sarcophagus, the restorations on which were made under the supervision of so eminent an artist as J. Q. A. Ward.' The report adds in brackets that Ward was a member of the investigating committee. This is Savage's account of Cesnola's words, said to have been spoken between Savage's resignation (31 Aug 1881) and his departure (3 Dec 1881).
- December 1883The December 1883 editorial supplement goes further than that testimony: it says the testimony on the sarcophagus 'includes the startling disclosure that Mr. Ward, who subsequently served on the "Investigating Committee" himself superintended the re-carving', 'sworn to by Mr. Savage', and that this and further testimony 'came too late for publication in our present number'. Ward's own testimony or any denial was not found in the reports on disk.
- 1883NamedNamed in A. D. Savage's testimony (as reported by The Art Amateur) as the artist under whose supervision Cesnola said the Golgoi sarcophagus restorations were made. The editorial supplement reads this as Ward superintending the re-carving. No finding against Ward is recorded.
The Feuardent-Cesnola Trial 1884, p. 56The Feuardent-Cesnola Trial (Editorial… 1883, p. 4b
Connections
7 peopleDisputes & the law
- Subject of testimony by Alexander D. Savage1881–1883
Colleagues & contacts
- Worked with Charles Patrick Daly1880–1881
- Worked with Frederick A. P. Barnard1880–1881
- Connected with Gaston Louis Feuardent1880–1881
- Connected with Luigi Palma di Cesnola1880–1883
- Worked with William Cowper Prime1880–1881
- Worked with Roswell Dwight Hitchcock
Sources
- 1.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.
- 2. (1883). “The Feuardent-Cesnola Trial (Editorial Supplement)”. The Art Amateur 10, 4a-4b. Online
- 3. (1884). “The Feuardent-Cesnola Trial”. The Art Amateur 10, 55-56. Online
- 4.“John Quincy Adams Ward”. Wikipedia. Online
- 5. (1884). “The End of the Feuardent-Cesnola Trial”. The Art Amateur 10, 96-97. Online