Study of Seated Male Figures for Sculpture Base (from Sketchbook). Artist: John Quincy Adams Ward (American, Urbana, Ohio 1830-1910 New York). Dimensions: 10 7/8 × 5 5/8 in. (27.6 × 14.3 cm). Date: ca. 1860.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. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.