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Artist | John Quincy Adams Ward |
Year | 1870 (1870) |
Type | Sculpture |
Medium | Bronze |
Subject | William Shakespeare |
Location | New York City, New York, United States |
Coordinates | 40°46′11″N 73°58′21″W / 40.769834°N 73.972391°W / 40.769834; -73.972391 |
William Shakespeare is an outdoor bronze sculptureofWilliam ShakespearebyJohn Quincy Adams Ward, located in Central ParkinManhattan, New York.[1] The statue was created in 1870 and unveiled in Central Park in 1872.[2] Four thousand dollars towards the funding of the statue was raised at a benefit performance of Julius Caesar on November 24, 1864, performed by the sons of Junius Brutus Booth (Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., Edwin Booth, and John Wilkes Booth) at the Winter Garden Theater.[3]
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Key: † No longer extant or on public display |
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