Full-length Sketch of a Male Figure; Study of a Sculpture of a Female Figure (Possibly by L. G. Mead) (from Sketchbook) ca. 1860 John Quincy Adams Ward American Ward, a student of Henry Kirke Brown, became known as the "Dean of American Sculpture." This page is from a sketchbook, which provides an intimate look at the artist’s working methods. Ward’s sketches include several classically influenced figures mingled with American Indians on horseback as well as a number of bison.. Full-length Sketch of a Male Figure; Study of a Sculpture of a Female Figure (Possibly by L. G. Mead) (from Sketchbook). John Quincy Adams Ward (American, Urbana, Ohio 1830-1910 New York). American. ca. 1860. Graphite on paper