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 artists working methods. Wards sketches include several classically influenced figures mingled with American Indians on horseback as well as a number of bison.. Sketchbook. John Quincy Adams Ward (American, Urbana, Ohio 1830-1910 New York). American. ca. 1860. Drawings in pen and brown and black ink, graphite, and Conté crayon on off-white wove paper, bound in black coated Bristol board